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Yes. Modern medical wisdom seems to
suggest that we combine what is useful from each source.
Indeed, this is the case in China today. In medical schools
in China the students learn 60% Chinese and 40% Western
medicine and can apply both after training.
Chinese
medicine is often helpful in treating conditions generally
unresponsive to western drug-oriented treatment because
it addresses the underlying cause of a condition rather
than just the symptoms.
Examples include PMS, headache,
vertigo, irritable bowel syndrome, allergies, etc. Conversely,
some conditions, most notably bacterial infections and
conditions with structural changes, e.g., fractures or
tumours, respond more rapidly to Western techniques.
Very
frequently the two methodologies can be combined to the
patient's greater benefit.
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