Is traditional Chinese medicine just a system of folk healing?
No. This system of medicine has been created by some of the best educated and brightest doctors and scholars in Chinese history. These doctors have recorded their theories and clinical experiences from generation to generation in literally thousands of books. It is estimated that there are between 30-40,000 existing books on Chinese medicine written before 1900. Since then, thousands of additional books and articles in professional journals have been written and published in China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong. What can traditional Chinese medicine treat? Chinese medicine is a complete medical system used to treat the full range of diseases, whether acute or chronic, trauma related, infectious, or internally generated. That being said, if a disease is extremely virulent or far advanced, and especially if there are serious changes in organic tissue, Chinese medicine by itself may not be powerful enough or not sufficiently fast acting. Chinese medicine is a partic
