About me
My name is Angela – derived from "the messenger". I see my role not only in treatment, but also in mediation: between traditional empirical medicine and modern science, between concepts and everyday life, between people and their natural environment.
I come from a family where Chinese medicine has been practiced for generations – my father and grandfather both worked as acupuncturists. For me, it was a given that people could find help through this method. And yet, for a long time, it remained unclear to me exactly what caused its effects.
After graduating with a degree in psychology, I decided to pursue this question systematically – not only out of personal interest, but because I wanted to fully understand the therapeutic potential of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). During my training, I realized that TCM is not a self-contained recipe book. It is a dynamic system that does not reduce people to symptoms, but considers them in the interplay of body, mind, and context.
This is the background of SKYE – my practice for sound Chinese medicine with a systemic perspective. A clear, open space where connections can become visible.
Study of Chinese Medicines (since 2024)
Chiway Winterthur
Oda AM Naturopath TCM (2021 – 2025)
HPS Lucerne – Focus on Acupuncture
International internship at Yunnan Provincial Hospital of TCM, China (2024)
BSc Psychology (2019 – 2023)
University of Basel
Research internship: Memory Clinic, Felix Platter Hospital, Basel
Research internship: Centre for Chronobiology, University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK), Basel
百病生於氣也
The potential in TCM
Traditional Chinese Medicine – more than just healing.
I see Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) not only as a medical system, but as a holistic natural science. Its roots lie in Daoism – in the understanding of Yin and Yang. This may sound philosophical or abstract at first glance, but behind it lies a clear principle: Everything in nature consists of dynamic opposites that complement, regulate, and maintain each other's balance.
Day and night. Activity and rest. Heat and cold. Birth and death. Growth and decline. This interplay of polarities is not a theoretical concept – it is the foundation of all life.
For if only one of these poles existed, life would be impossible. Inhalation without exhalation? Activity without rest? Heat without cooling? Sperm without egg – or vice versa?
Nature clearly demonstrates this: In the desert, extreme Yang prevails – heat, dryness, activity. Life there is only possible with significant adaptation. At the North Pole, the opposite is true: extreme Yin – cold, rigidity, withdrawal. Life can barely survive there either. The same applies to our bodies. An excess of heat, cold, humidity, or dryness disrupts the internal balance and, in the long run, leads to health problems.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is therefore not an abstract philosophy. It is based on the same principles as natural science: observation, regularity, and interrelationships. Because we are part of nature – and its rules apply to us as well.