San Fu Tie in Grenoble: strengthening immunity through the heat of summer

Every summer, during the hottest periods, traditional Chinese medicine practises San Fu Tie: a preventive treatment applied to the skin to strengthen immunity before winter. It is a natural vaccine, rooted in the seasonal logic of TCM.

Why prevention through San Fu Tie? The view of Chinese medicine

San Fu Tie rests on a simple principle: when the Yang of nature and of the body reaches its peak (the three Fu periods of summer), the deep Cold that maintains winter frailties can be expelled. Warming substances are then applied to precise points on the back. The treatment prepares the immune terrain for autumn and winter.

Two pictures frequently seen in practice

Terrain with weak Lung (respiratory)

Repeated ENT infections, asthma, recurring colds, allergic terrain.

**Tongue**: pale · **Pulse**: weak

Terrain with weak Kidney (deep immunity)

Chronic fatigue, sensitivity to cold, winter lumbar pain, slow recovery.

**Tongue**: pale, swollen · **Pulse**: deep, weak

What traditional Chinese medicine offers

Supervised seasonal application

San Fu Tie is practised only under the guidance of a trained practitioner, on the precise dates of summer.

Dietetics

Support the Yang in summer: broths, ginger and warm foods in small quantities, without excess of raw and iced foods.

Lifestyle

Respect the transitions of the seasons: this is the very logic of the preventive treatment.

Acupuncture points most often used for this complaint: V13, V17, RM22, RM17, DM14.

The combined approach of sophrology and Chinese medicine in Grenoble

Traditional Chinese medicine and sophrology complement each other: the former acts on the body's energetic balance, the latter on the nervous system and stress management. Combining the two makes it possible to treat the terrain — the one that maintains the symptom — and the emotional state that accompanies it. In Grenoble, at the Centre Équilibre, this combined approach is built session after session, according to your profile.

Frequently asked questions

What exactly is San Fu Tie?

A seasonal preventive treatment of TCM: warming substances applied to the skin during the hottest periods, to prepare immunity.

When should it be done?

During the three Fu periods of summer, on precise dates (generally late July and early August).

Is it painful?

The treatment is cutaneous and temporary; a trained practitioner adapts the application to each person's sensitivity.

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**Ghislaine Morin**, traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and sophrologist, welcomes you at 29 Quai Claude Bernard, 38000 Grenoble. Book on 06 24 90 04 98 or online at https://calendly.com/centre-equilibre-sophrologie

Ghislaine Morin welcomes you in Grenoble : www.sophrologue-grenoble.fr/medecine-chinoise-a-grenoble-38000-38100