The unity of healing: The expanded new edition of “Healing teas for body, mind and soul” combines over 300 recipes from the healing traditions of China and Europe

For their successful guidebook “ Medicinal teas for body, mind and soul ”, Prof. Li Wu and Jürgen Klitzner investigated which medicinal herbs from East and West harmonize best and how the effectiveness of the teas can be optimized. The result is not only a synergy between the two cultures, but also opens up new potential for natural medicine.

Amazing synergy effects

Together with the pharmacist and medicinal plant expert Jürgen Klitzner, the renowned TCM doctor Prof. Li Wu published a book in 2013 that combined the findings of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with European herbal medicine. "Healing teas for body, mind and soul" has now sold over 8,000 copies and is now being published in an expanded new edition.

Chinese and European medicine have relied on the effects of medicinal teas for thousands of years. Until now, the two tea traditions were mostly used separately and independently of each other. However, in their long collaboration, the two healers have discovered that Chinese and European herbs not only complement each other in their effects, but can often even enhance each other many times over.

Based on a detailed overview of symptoms of illness from every phase of life that affect the organism as a whole, appropriate tea recipes are recommended for prevention and treatment. Plant profiles and sources for Chinese and European herbs round off the guide.

Medicinal plants from Asia and Europe

In Asia as well as in Europe, people have always used nature to heal their sick or improve their well-being - primarily through herbal remedies. By simply trying things out, they discovered which ingredients were most effective. Treatment with plants is tailored to the individual needs of the patient, depending on the symptoms. It can be applied externally, with ointments, washing lotions, baths and compresses, or internally in the form of tea preparations, so-called decoctions, and oral preparations.

The tea recipe is usually made up of several ingredients whose effects complement and support each other. This also applies to the combination of European and Chinese healing arts, which results in effective tea blends to strengthen the organism.

Despite the necessity of conventional medicine and its great successes, nature has regained its important place in the history of healing after a short period of repression. Thanks to this opening to alternative remedies, Asian healing methods have also become more and more of a focus for those seeking advice in Europe - and with them highly effective medicinal plants, the use of which has a tradition dating back thousands of years in China. 

Natural treatment of everyday ailments

New scientific findings in biology, chemistry and pharmacy initially pushed herbal medicine into the background. Phytotherapies, i.e. targeted applications of plant ingredients, are now also accepted by conventional medicine and are often used as a supportive measure, sometimes as an alternative to healing. They are particularly valuable in the treatment of everyday complaints, acute and chronic illnesses. The doctor or alternative practitioner also takes into account the interaction of the individual ingredients - such as mutual reinforcement or incompatibilities between different medicinal plants.

The medicinal teas presented in this book contain herbal active ingredients that can alleviate a wide range of physical and mental illnesses. The list of complaints and symptoms, which differs according to the needs of adults, children, adolescents and seniors, shows the reader which remedies work best when. In order for the tea to develop its healing effect, it should always be prepared properly: the amount of tea, water and cooking time determine not only the aroma, but above all the health-promoting effect. The spectrum of applications for which the herbal active ingredients from two traditional medicinal cultures combined here can be used ranges from acne, nightmares and arthrosis to menopausal and growth problems.

Book tip:
Prof. TCM Univ. Yunnan Li Wu and pharmacist Jürgen Klitzner: Medicinal teas for body, mind and soul. Over 300 effective recipes from the traditional healing cultures of China and Europe. Mankau Verlag, 3rd updated and expanded edition 2020, paperback, 16 x 22 cm, 239 pp., €20.00 (D) / €20.60 (A), ISBN-978-3-86374-089-4

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