Call for Posters

On 30 May 2025, the TCM Research Day took again place during the TCM Kongress in Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

For the third time, a poster session was held as part of the TCM Research Day under the direction of Prof Dr Florian Beissner and the poster prize was awarded.
Here, both established and young researchers presented their latest findings on TCM and then discussed them with an interested audience.

We are pleased to present the following poster winners:

1st Prize – "A Quantitative Analysis of the Most Frequently Used Acupuncture Points by Ten TCM Practitioners in Switzerland" by Chantal Blaser, Chiway Academy, TCM Aarau

2nd prize – "Effects of Traditional Chinese Acupoint Massage Combined with Tailored Tai Chi on low back pain in patients with lumbar disc herniation: a randomized controlled trial" by Qingguang Zhu, Tuina Department, Yue yang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai 

3rd prize – “Daith piercing, a social media hype on YouTube for treating migraine? A systematic video analysis on quality and reliability.” by Saroj K. Pradhan, Swiss University of TCM, City Hospital Triemli, Zurich, Neurology & Neurorehabilitation Department Rehaklinik, Bad Zurzach

Other abstracts presented:
“Patient demographics, medical factors, treatment modalities and satisfaction at five traditional Chinese medicine practices: A cross-sectional study” by Yingchao Liu
“RAVA® - Regulative And Vitalizing Acupuncture” by Jonas Vasmer

The abstracts submitted are published in our association journal Qi - Zeitschrift für Chinesische Medizin 02/2025. AGTCM members can read them there and in the online archive of Qi.

The Poster prize of 600€ was kindly provided by Insula-Institut für integrative Therapieforschung gGmbH.