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Just curious, if traditional Chinese medicine is effective why are the Chinese trying so hard to get a western medical education?
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Actually, in China, the hospitals are often combined between Western and Chinese traditional medicine. The doctors can send you to X-ray and then prescribe you herbs or acupuncture or a western drug, depending on what's better suited for the particular case, in their opinion.
TCM has its limits. For example, it doesn't cover operations or other urgent life saving "features" of western medicine. You wouldn't apply acupuncture for someone having a heart attack or a car accident victim arriving with trauma.
But TCM is good at some places where western is not so good, like orthopedic problems, pain control and other cases, which might be difficult for western medicine.
Each has its strong points.