3rd Scientific TCM Congress
- 14.August 2025
- Bad Zurzach, Switzerland
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About 3rd Scientific TCM Congress
From science to
clinical practice.
Where traditional wisdom
meets modern research.
Explore current TCM research.
Learn new techniques.
Network with experts and peers.
Based on the good experience from our last Scientific TCM Congress, we are pleased to invite you to our 3rd Scientific TCM Congress.
Our scientific program will address current research findings in TCM and will focus on studies in patients.
It is a great opportunity to learn new TCM techniques in practical courses as well as a unique platform for scientific exchange and networking opportunities among experts, practicing physicians, therapists, researchers and students interested in TCM.
IMPORTANT NOTES
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS NOW OPEN. Please send your abstracts to forschung@tcmuni.ch. The abstracts will be evaluated and assigned for an oral or poster presentation. Abstracts should be structured and have a maximum of 350 words. Please only submit abstracts when you will attend the congress.
Please be aware that the congress language will be English.
Credits for attending the congress are or will be requested from different TCM organizations. The website will be updated regularly. For further information, please write an email to forschung@tcmuni.ch
More information is coming in the upcoming months. If you would like to pre-register for the congress, please write a short email to Michael.furian@tcmuni.ch.
Organizers
Michael Furian
Prof. Dr.
Yiming Li
Prof. Dr.
Xingfang Liu
Dr.Guest Organizers
Partners
Detailed Program
| Wednesday | 13.08.25 | Place |
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| Speaker dinner | 18:00 | Park Hotel Bad Zurzach |
| Thursday 14.08.25 | ||
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| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 08:15-09:00 | Michael Furian | Welcome presentation and TCM research activities in Switzerland |
| 09:00-09:30 | Robyn Sodders | The Importance of Leadership in TCM Education: Creating the next generation of leaders |
| 09:30-10:00 | Coffee break | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Guanhu Yang | TCM Treatment of Anxiety and Depression |
| 10:30-11:00 | Timothy Ross | Baicalin, Berberine and BanXia XieXin Tang: Increasing the efficacy of anti-PD1/PD-L1 therapies with TCM herbal medicine |
| 11:00-11:30 | Thomas Friedmann | COVID and Chinese herbs |
| 11:30-12:00 | Michael Hammes | Curse and blessing of technology in Chinese Medicine |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch in the park | |
| 13:30-16:00 | Networking opportunity & Time to relax and enjoy Bad Zurzach | |
| 16:00-16:15 | Saroj Pradhan | Daith Piercing for migraine: Only a social media hype on YouTube? A systematic video analysis. |
| 16:15-16:30 | Daniela Odermatt | Case report – Child with trisomy 18 |
| 16:30-16:45 | Jiehan Liu | Impact of COVID-19 on TCM patient’s health conditions – A retrospective study. |
| 16:45-17:15 | Patrick Hegi | Systematic literature review on the acupuncture effects to improve exercise performance |
| 17:45-18:30 | Conference Advisory Board Meeting | |
| 18:30 | Aperitif at the Hotel zur Post |
| Friday 15.08.25 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 08:30-09:00 | Xiang-Hong Jing | Activating Distinct Afferent Nerve Fibers in Topical Acupoint to Relieve Inflammatory Muscle Pain. |
| 09:00-09:30 | FBU PhD winner | tba |
| 09:30-10:00 | Coffee break | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Gerhard Litscher | Acupuncture, Heart Rate Variability, and Related Research: Insights from 40 Years of Experience and Current Results from Transcontinental Studies |
| 10:30-11:00 | Peijing Rong | Theory and Practice of Auricular Therapy via the Modulation of the Vagus Nerve |
| 11:00-11:30 | Fengxia Liang | Acupuncture and the Autonomic Nervous System: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential |
| 11:30-12:00 | Guangjun Wang | Modulating the Autonomic Nervous System Through Acupuncture: Modern Insights |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch in the park | |
| 13:30-16:00 | Networking opportunity & Time to relax and enjoy Bad Zurzach | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Poster presentations | |
| 16:30-17:00 | Reginaldo Filho | Immediate Effect Evaluation of Acupuncture for Shoulder Pain with a Single Acupoint |
| 17:00-17:30 | tba | tba |
| 17:30-18:00 | Christian Hartmann | Osteopathy |
| 19:00 | Gala Dinner at the Zurzacherhof – Announcement of Research Prize Winners |
| Saturday & Sunday | 16-17.08.25 | 2-day clinical practice courses |
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| 09:00-16:00 | Lecturer: Reginaldo Filho (Brazil) 2-day Course Content Saturday: Five Movements Based Acupuncture Sunday: Navel Acupuncture |
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| 09:00-16:00 | Lecturer: Timothy Ross (USA) 2-day Course Content Improving immunotherapy and relieving immune suppression |
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