On April 28th,Professor CHEN Yunhua from School of Biomedicine, Beijing City University (BCU) were invited to give a lecture on "Take care of your neck in Chinese Way" to the Confucius Institute at the University of Guadalajara. More than 20 local Mexican residents attended the lecture.

This lecture focused on the causes of cervical spondylosis from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, listed the common misconceptions in caring the neck of contemporary human and introduced the ways of preventing and treating cervical spondylosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine method, enhanced the understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine culture among students. At the end of the lecture, Professor Chen led all the participants to practice the exercise of keeping the neck healthy. The students expressed their great interest in traditional Chinese medicine culture, and asked questions to Professor Chen, which achieved good cultural communication and exchange.Naomi, a student at the Confucius Institute of the University of Guadalajara, said: I knew very little about traditional Chinese medicine before. After the lecture, I realized the magic of traditional Chinese medicine. What Professor Chen said is also very interesting, I hope to participate in more similar activities in the future.

Melva said that she was often troubled by cervical problems. Through today's lecture, she learned how to exercise the cervical vertebra with Proesstor Chen, and she would keep practicing in the following days.

It is reported that the Confucius Institute of the University of Guadalajara in Mexico will be officially inaugurated on May 19th this year. This lecture is one of the special series of Traditional Chinese Medicine lectures held by BCU. In the future, BCU will launch more lectures on Traditional Chinese Medicine collaborated with Confucius Institute of the University of Guadalajara.