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Herbal Medicine: Open Access
ISSN: 2472-0151
August 20-21, 2018
Dublin, Ireland
Acupuncture Congress 2018
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9
th
International Conference on
Acupuncture &
Chinese Medicine
A
ncient Chinese Medicine understands the living body as
a microcosm that forms a unity of physical and psychical
processes. Acupuncture is an ideal tool to address disturbances
that relates to the two aspects of human existence: the physical
and the psychic or spiritual being. The ancient science of
acupuncture has detected the helpful gates that assist in
connecting with the underlying conflict of physical suffering.
The presentation will teach the ancient skills of fostering healing
processes within psychosomatic disturbances with the use of
wisdom and acupuncture needles.
Biography
Michael Hammes received DAAD-grant for four-year studies of Chinese
language and culture and postgraduate studies of Traditional Chinese
Medicine at University of TCM in Beijing, China. Scientific Assistant at the
Department of Sports Medicine of the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, medical thesis on the influence of acupuncture on physical working
capacity in humans, resident physician at the Department of Neurology of
the Technische Universität München under the supervision of Prof. Con-
rad, maintenance of the Center for Pain Therapy, scientific publications on
basic research and clinical application of acupuncture in pain therapy, pub-
lication of several reference books on acupuncture and Chinese Medicine,
at present clinical work in integrative medicine as consultant neurologist
in hospital and practice, since 1994 lecturer of the German Medical Acu-
puncture Association (DÄGfA), past member of DÄGfA board, member of
ICMART board (International Council of Medical Acupuncture and Relat-
ed Techniques), member and delegate of DIN mirror committee to ISO-
TC-249 (provisional title: Traditional Chinese Medicine), member of chair-
man advisory group to ISO-TC-249, Co-convenor of Joint-Working-Group
of ISO-TC-249 and ISO-TC-215, appointment as a visiting professor at First
Teaching Hospital of University of TCM Tianjin, PR China on September
10
th
2012 for a duration of five years.
daegfa.hammes@t-online.deAcupuncture in the treatment of
psychosomatic disorders – rediscovering
skills from ancient Chinese Medicine
Michael Hammes
Academy of Ancient Chinese Medicine, Germany
Michael Hammes, Herb Med. 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2472-0151-C1-001