Traditional chinese concepts on psyche and its therapy

The basic system of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is explained,along with its systemic interactions between body, soul and spirit,the microcosmos men and the macrocosmos environment, without body-soul dualism. The concepts of the affects, of hrm the spiritual souls and po the bodily souls as well as of other psychophysiological and -pathological conditions are described. Many qigong-exercises that are used therapeutically in China and here, originate in taoistic exercises with visualising bodymeditation techniques, having their heyday in the first millenium. At least a rough TCM-diagnosis should precede the qigong-therapy to avoid side effects.