TCM Lifestyle and Emotional Counselling empowers the patient to actively restore balance, strengthens the effect of acupuncture and herbs, treats both Ben (root) and Biao (manifestation) and reconnects the individual with natural laws and emotional awareness. Benefits of Lifestyle and Emotional Counselling in TCM:

Empowers the patient with self-care tools.
Treats the root cause by addressing daily habits and internal states.
Enhances the effects of acupuncture and herbal therapy.
Supports preventive medicine by guiding patients toward natural harmony.

TCM lifestyle and emotional counselling is not merely giving advice — it is about diagnosing imbalances in a patient's way of life, and guiding them with respect, compassion, and personalized strategies to restore harmony and cultivate health in body and spirit

Sexual energy is linked to Kidney Jing, which is finite and foundational. Moderation preserves vitality, fertility, and mental clarity

Excessive sex depletes Kidney Jing (Essence)

Recommendation

Moderate frequency based on age and constitution
(e.g., less frequent in deficiency; more flexibility in healthy adults)
Protect after intercourse → avoid cold, rest, rehydrate.
Tonify Kidney Qi and Essence if depleted

Sexual Activity

Health depends on harmonizing with seasonal changes in climate, diet, activity, and sleep. Each season is linked to a Five Element, organ, and climatic factor.

Aligning habits with nature preserves Wei Qi and harmony

Recommendations

Adjust clothing, activity, and diet to the season.
Do not resist seasonal rhythms (e.g., do not stay up late in winter)
Use seasonal herbs and foods to support Wei Qi

Seasonal Adaptation

Overwork and insufficient rest damage Qi, especially of the Spleen and Kidney. Mental overexertion particularly harms the Heart and Spleen, leading to worry, poor concentration, and fatigue.

Overwork damages Spleen and Kidney Qi

Recommendations

Schedule breaks and restorative time during the day
Align activity with circadian and seasonal cycles.
Support Jing with rest when overworked or ill

Work-Rest Balance

Movement encourages Qi and Blood circulation through the meridian. Lack of movement → Qi and Blood stagnation, Phlegm, Damp. Overexercise or exhausting activity → damages Liver Blood and Kidney JingMovement encourages Qi and Blood circulation through the meridian. Lack of movement → Qi and Blood stagnation, Phlegm, Damp. Overexercise or exhausting activity → damages Liver Blood and Kidney Jing

Promotes Qi and Blood circulation; prevents stagnation

Recommendation

Gentle practices like Tai Chi, Qi Gong, walking, swimming
Exercise in moderation, aligned with age, constitution, and season.
Avoid sweating excessively in Yin-deficient or weak patients

Exercise/Qi Movement

Sleep is when Yin predominates, and the Shen (spirit) returns to the Heart to rest. Night is the domain of Yin, and sleep at night allows Yang Qi to retreat inward for repair and replenishment.

Restores Yin and Shen; irregular sleep injures Heart and Liver

Recomendations

Sleep between 9–11 PM (start of Gallbladder & Liver time
Maintain a regular rhythm; avoid stimulating activities before bed.
For insomnia: calm the Shen, nourish Heart and Kidney, regulate Liver Qi

Sleep

The Spleen and Stomach are the “postnatal root” of Qi and Blood. Food is transformed into Gu Qi (food Qi) → the basis of Blood, Yin, and Yang.

Directly nourishes Qi, Blood, and organ systems

Recommendations

Eat warm, cooked foods suited to season and constitution.
Avoid excessive sugar, greasy food, alcohol.
Chew well, eat at regular times, and avoid eating while stressed or distracted

Diet

Lifesyle and Emotional Counselling

What is Lifestyle and Emotional Conselling?

Lifestyle and Emotional Counselling in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) refers to a therapeutic approach that guides patients in making lifestyle, behavioural, and emotional adjustments to support the harmonious flow of Qi, maintain balance between Yin and Yang, and prevent or treat disease. This counselling is an essential part of preventive medicine in TCM, and is often integrated with acupuncture, herbal therapy, and dietary guidance to treat both root (Ben) and branch (Biao) causes of illness. Lifestyle and emotional counselling help the patient to:

Recognize and adjust behaviours that disturb internal harmony.
Cultivate a balanced daily rhythm in accordance with natural cycles (Yin-Yang, Five Elements)
Understand the emotional roots of illness and regulate their impact on organ systems.
Learn mind-body practices that promote resilience (e.g. breathing, mindfulness, Qi Gong)

It addresses both the external factors (diet, sleep, activity) and internal climate (emotions, stress) that affect health and disease progression.