Specialist ENT, board member ÖGA. Practices acupuncture since 1972, Chinese herbal medicine since 1986. Since 2004 responsible person for diploma concerning Chinese diagnosis and herbal medicine at the ÖAK. Head of postgraduate courses in Chinese diagnostics and herbal medicine at MedChin 1999 to 2015, since then at ÖGA. Approximately 30 stays in China. author / co-author of about 30 books, most recent: "Fundamentals of TCM", "Syndromes in TCM" and "The Power of Chinese Home Remedies"; more than 230 publications. 30 years President of the MedChin, Former Councilor of Vienna, Vice-President of the Viennese Red Cross, board member of the Viennese medical service; several awards. Austria