The 13th Session of Yada Academy Lectures and Talks Successfully Held

On the afternoon of April 16th, the 13th Session of Yada Academy Lectures and Talks was held at Yada Life Bookstore of Yixing Yada Yangxian Xishan. Mr. Cheng Kai, the professor of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and the inheritor of Cheng’s Acupuncture and Moxibustion gave a lecture on profound Chinese medicine acupuncture in simple languages.

Professor Cheng was born in an old and well-known traditional Chinese medicine family with more than one hundred years’ history. He is the first grandson born of the legal wife of Mr. Cheng Zinong who was the academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and the expert in TCM acupuncture, the fourth-generation heir of national level intangible cultural heritage Cheng’s Acupuncture, and the reserved academic leader in key disciplines of Science of Acupuncture and Moxibustion at National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Over the years, he focused on the research and clinic treatment in science of acupuncture and moxibustion, and hosted or participated in several national or ministerial and bureau level subjects.

Before the Lecture and Talk, Professor Cheng shared his feeling when he first came to Yangxian Xishan. Here was full of thriving plants and had high level of negative oxygen ion. It was a good place for wellness and aged-care living. He met many Yada residents who were proud of being here.

During the Event, Professor Cheng explained acupuncture from different angles. Acupuncture and Moxibustion was a kind of therapy technique. Acupuncture was the invasive therapy, but moxibustion was noninvasive. The two had different uses, but came from identifying process to body. They were cultural treasure left by our ancestors with high application value. It was of great advantage to health, self-recognition and good lifestyle.

Regarding to the positioning of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in TCM, he said, it was an integral part in TCM Department of TCM Hospital and Great TCM major at TCM University. TCM was the excellent representative in traditional Chinese culture, and Acupuncture and Moxibustion was an important part of it. Tracing back to the origin, main and collateral channels was formed first. As the complete oriental medical concept system, it was used today and has become the core of great TCM. Acupuncture and moxibustion played the role of framework of it.

On TCM talent cultivation and education, Professor Cheng shared the learning experience of his grandfather Mr. Cheng Zinong. In his childhood, he lived at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. He witnessed many TCM masters put their heart and soul into the research. In the past, TCM was passed on by master to his apprentices. Now, students could get complete knowledge system in school. Regarding to acupuncture and moxibustion, he quoted three sentences of his grandfather, “it is easier to give a deep acupuncture than a shallow one, to give more acupunctures to fewer ones, and to make patient worse than better. ” He pursued the minimalism, e.g. accuracy and less.

He also answered the concerns of audience on eczema and the same root of medicine and food. During the interaction, he gave replies in simple languages on questions of the audience, such as the therapy of inner rheumatism, senile dementia, hypotension, bile reflux, COVID-19 recovery and tinnitus.

At the end, Co-founder of Yada Academy and the host of the Event Mr. Yang Kui made a summary on Cheng’s lecture. He said, the key word he got was rhythm. By exploring and maintaining one’s own rhythm of body and life, one could manage the rhythm at different age stages and make the life happier.

After the lecture, Professor Cheng signed books for audience as a memento.

Yada is committed to explore the aged-care pattern suitable for Chinese people. Yixing Yangxian Xishan locates in the national tourism resort. It enjoys excellent natural environment with mountains, abundant flora and high-level negative oxygen ion throughout the year. It is an ideal sojourn destination for improved living facilities and colorful community life. Yada also built the first Yada Panasonic Community in the world with Panasonic, integrating many leading wellness and aged-care residential concepts and offering holistic comfortable living experience. Yangxian Xishan residents live a healthy a happy life with balanced physical and natural rhythm in beautiful landscape.