Sino-Austrian High-Tech Acupuncture Network—Annual Report 2016

Abstract

The Sino-Austrian High-Tech Acupuncture Research Network was founded in 2005 and has been growing ever since. The network comprises many partners from China and is highly involved in research and education activities. This report introduces the network’s activities in the year 2016.

The network was founded in 2005 by Prof. DDr. Gerhard Litscher from Medical University of Graz and comprises many partners from China (see Figure 1).

Within 2016, the Sino-Austrian High-Tech Acupuncture Network has grown very fast. Milestones and publications [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12] from the year 2016 are listed chronologically below:

12–19 March 2016: Spring Seminar-Arlberg, Lech-Arlberg, Austria. Function Therapies. Society for Integrative Dental Medicine, CAM in Dentistry (Figure 2).

1 April 2016: Ohshiro Laser Therapy Best Paper Award, Tokyo, Japan, April, 2016 (Figure 3).

14 May 2016: WFAS-Education Working Committee Wuhan, China, 13 May 2016. (Figure 4) [6,8].

20 May 2016: 2016 IEEE Information Technology Networking. Electronic and Automation Control Conference (Figure 5).

10–11 June 2016: 11th International ISLA Congress for Medical Laser Applications, Beverungen, Germany (Figure 6).

5 July 2016: Joint research project with CACMS—China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (Figure 7).

6 July 2016: China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Graz, Austria (Figure 8) [7].

Established in 1955, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (hereafter abbreviated as CACMS) is China’s largest comprehensive research institute combining scientific research, medical treatment and teaching that is directly under the State Administration of TCM (traditional Chinese medicine). It boasts various disciplines, advanced equipment and great research strength and has under it 17 research institutes, six medical institutions, one graduate school, two branch schools, two pharmaceutical companies and publishing houses of ancient books on Chinese medical science. Besides, it is a founder of 13 kinds of academic journals on Chinese medical science.

What is especially worth mentioning is the achievement in artemisinin research, which provided a powerful weapon for humans against malaria and saved hundreds of thousands of lives, making tremendous contributions for human health, and thus CACMS were awarded by Lasker Medical Research Award and in 2015 the Nobel Prize in Medicine (Prof. Tu Youyou).

Acupuncture is one of the key disciplines of research of this renowned institution. Medical University of Graz (Prof. Gerhard Litscher) has a close cooperation with China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (with Prof. Yu Xiaochun) for more than 10 years, and also some activities with Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine on the topic of high-tech acupuncture research. Within the last years, more than 60 joint SCI/PubMed-listed publications have been published with CACMS alone. Prof. Litscher from Medical University of Graz is Visiting Professor at the Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion at CACMS.

25 July 2016: New Book-Heart Rate Variability and Acupuncture, Graz, Austria. Contact and order: [email protected] (Figure 9).

25 July 2016: New Study—Laser Watch, Graz, Austria (Figure 10) [10].

17 August 2016: Hubei University of Chinese Medicine in Graz, Austria (Figure 11) [3].

Established in 1958, the Hubei University of Chinese Medicine has three secondary schools, four affiliated hospitals, four State-Level (highest level) Medical Research Centers and 10 Research Institutions. The university occupies 0.65 km² with a total construction of about 470,000 m². The university has 15 departments, 17 specialties for bachelor’s degree and 9 specialties for professional training, 19 specialties for master’s degree and 12 specialties for doctor degree; more than 60 bases for clinical practice, including 6 affiliated hospitals, 21 State-Level, Province-Level or College-Level laboratories for teaching. At present the university has about 15,000 students.

Acupuncture is one of the key disciplines of research of this renowned university. The Medical University of Graz (Prof. Gerhard Litscher) has a close cooperation with Hubei University of Chinese Medicine (with Prof. Wang Hua and Prof. Liang Fengxia) on the topic of high-tech acupuncture research. Within the last years, joint SCI/PubMed-listed publications have been published. Prof. Litscher from the Medical University of Graz is Visiting Professor at Hubei University of Chinese Medicine and at the Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center of Preventive Treatment by Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Director: Prof. Wang Hua).

5 September 2016: Acupuncture Congress—Experts. Timmendorfer Strand, Germany (Figure 12).

16–17 September 2016: International Laser Medical Congress, Sandvika, Norway (Figure 13).

23 September 2016: Meeting of Sino-Austrian auricular acupuncture leaders, Beijing, China (Figure 14) [2].

23 September 2016: Meeting-Hospital of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS), Beijing, China (Figure 15).

23 September 2016: Editor’s Meet in Beijing-Medicines, Beijing, China, G. Litscher: Editor-in-chief of Medicines (Figure 16).

24 September 2016: Meeting at Beijing Hospital of TCM affiliated to Capital Medical University Beijing, China (Figure 17).

26 September 2016: Meeting at Tong Ren Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University Beijing, China (Figure 18).

26 September 2016: China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Beijing, China (Figure 19).

27 September 2016: Annual report meeting of guest professor at Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China (Figure 20).

27 September 2016: Lecture at Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China (Figure 21).

28 September 2016: WFAS-Education Working Committee, Wuhan, China (Figure 22).

30 September 2016: Discussion about “Phytopharm 2017” and 10th Anniversary of the TCM Research Center Graz in 2–5 July 2017, Graz, Austria (Figure 23).

15–16 October 2016: Laser Workshop, Munich, Germany (Figure 24).

21–22 October: TCM Symposium, Krems, Austria (Figure 25).

9 November 2016: Peking University-Health Science Center. Eurasia Pacific Uninet (EPU) (Figure 26).

9–20 November: USTB-University of Science and Technology Beijing, China (Figure 27).

12 November 2016: People’s Liberation Army General Hospital Beijing, China (Figure 28).

14 November 2016: Lecture at Tong Ren Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University, Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing, China (Figure 29).

16–19 November 2016: 3rd Annual World Congress High-Tech Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine and 1st Annual World Congress Modern Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.

Venue: Nanjing International Youth Convention Center, China.

Congress Chair of both Congresses: Gerhard Litscher, Medical University of Graz, Austria, Europe. Congress Co-chair: Lu Wang, Medical University of Graz, Austria, Europe. Executive Chair: Xiaodan Mei, BIT, Dalian, China.

Experts from many different countries and regions from all over the world have presented their research results. Altogether, 70 speakers have presented their lectures and workshops during the three days.

Opening Ceremony: Three Nobel Prize winners (Figure 30) at the World Congress (Figure 31).

18 November 2016: Discussion about tradition and innovation of auricular acupuncture for the Singapore conference in August 2017, Nanjing, China (Figure 32).

3 December 2016: Traditional Chinese Medicine—Master of Science Medical University of Vienna, Austria (Figure 33).

15 December 2016: Meeting of Eurasia Pacific Uninet (EPU) Scholars. University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria (Figure 34).