TAO 9/25/2025

On Thursday, we will kick off the day with our Breakfast Journal Club and four concurrent workshops. The official opening of the TAO Congress will take place at 10:15 a.m., followed by our plenary lectures from 10:40 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. In the afternoon, workshops will resume at 2:15 p.m.

Please note that only one workshop can be attended per time slot!

Workshops in bold letters (E) will be held in English, all others will be in German without translation!

Workshops (08.15-09.45am)

• Healing a shitty life, Acupuncture points for treating diarrhoea and constipation | Bartosz CHMIELNICKI | E
• Breakfast Journal Club | Sandro GRACA | E
• Tinnitus from the Perspective of TCM – Western Herbs | Florian PLOBERGER |
• Bioidentical Hormones and TCM: An Integrative Therapeutic Concept for the Treatment of Hormonal Imbalances | Ursula RITZ |
• Responsible Acupuncture During Pregnancy | Ruthild SCHULZE |

LECTURES (10.15am-01.00 pm)

• 10.15-10.40 Opening ceremony of the 22nd TAO Congress (bilingual) | Olivia POJER | Matthias HUEMER | E
• 10.40-11.10 Why the Microbiome Matters in Acupuncture | Lisa LEE | E
• 11.10-11.40 The Eight Extras (8EV): Resources for Managing Adversity | Yvonne R. FARRELL | E
• 11.40-12.05 Coffee Break |
• 12.05-12.30 Acupuncture and Neurology at the Charité | Joanna DIETZEL |
• 12.30-13.00 Effect of Acupuncture on Humans & the Microbiome in Metabolic Syndrome | Peter PANHOFER |

Workshop Hebammen (11.45-13.15 Uhr)

• No thank you. |
• Hypno-Acupuncture in the Postpartum Phase: Integrative Concepts for Midwives and Acupuncturists | Ilias CHRISTIDIS |

Workshops (2.15-03.45 pm)

• Revitalizing Tradition: Practical Cupping Techniques for Modern TCM Gynecology’ | Martine CORNELISSEN | Ineke VAN DER HAM | E
• 8EV: Curriculum, Consciousness & Capacity | Yvonne R. FARRELL | E
• The Microbiome, Gut health and Acupuncture: The Meeting Point of Eastern and Western Medicinebiome and Gut Health | Lisa LEE | E
• RAC kontollierte Auriculomedizin und Hormone | Manfred REININGER |
• From the Kitchen to Medicine: Medicinal Plants in Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Breastfeeding | Lingky TAN-BLEINROTH |

Workshops (04.15-05.45 pm)

• Dance of the Hormones | Katharina BURKHARDT |
• Nailing the pain Acupuncture for the treatment of peripheral nervous system and neuropathic pain | Bartosz CHMIELNICKI | E
• Digestive Disorders in Infants | Eva FISCHER-SCHÖNHART |
• Click and Resonance Point in Auricular Medicine | Kuno HÜTTER |
• Nourishing the Balance: Creating Effective Acupuncture Treatment Strategies for Microbiome and Gut Healthdicine | Lisa LEE | E