Traditional Chinese Medicine on campus of the University of Mauritius
On the afternoon of 27th April,2017, President of World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) Liu Baoyan was invited to deliver a lecture tiled Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine for open day activities held by the Confucius Institute of the University of Mauritius, which was hosted by Foreign Dean of the Confucius Institute of the University of Mauritius and was given opening remarks by Vice President of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Yang Longhui .
Professor Liu Baoyan combined calligraphy,painting and health preserving to explain what is “Spring painting for heath preserving” and started from “harmony in diversity” proposed by Confucius to introduce health-preserving ideas including “unity of man and nature” and “existence means humanity”;Director from Henan University of Chinese Medicine Zhou Yunfeng introduced and demonstrated health care and massage of spine and reminded the present of preventing spine diseases through daily massage;Doctor Fang Yigong from the Acupuncture and Moxibustion Hospital of CACMS introduced the relationship between acupoints and human health and benefit of acupoint massage including pian relief, diseases treatment and health care. Experts above-mentioned then demonstrated how to massage and tap acupoints for teachers and students on the scene.
At the closing ceremony, Chinese Dean of the Confucius Institute of the University of Mauritius expressed his gratitude for the panel of experts of WFAS,saying that the broad and profound Chinese culture was unveiled its mistery to the teachers and students of the University of Mauritius through this lecture.