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Chinese Medicine Vs Western Medicine

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Understanding of efficacy in Chinese medicine or Western medicine
Experience: 10 years ago, I was a primary student, I started suffering from seasonal Allergic Rhinitis. The symptoms were extremely serious that I have to use my month to inhalation and exhalation. Apart from runny nose, itching of eyes, nose, throat, even whole face bothered me because I could not concentrate to finish my daily work. My mother took me to western clinic and every time the doctor only prescripted some pills of anti-allergen. For sure, the pill is workable. Yet, the function of pills only lasted for 4 to 6 hours. After that, I still suffered from the intolerable symptoms. Three years ago, I found a traditional Chinese treatment which calls ‘san fu tian jiu liao …show more content…

But is it mean that traditional Chinese medicine better than the western medicine? Personally, I think both Chinese medicine and western medicine have their own advantages and efficacies. According to the survey conducted by the APIAS from May 2013 to May 2014, Respondents approved that both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine have their own merits and weaknesses. 75% of the respondents tended to Western medicine in terms of curing speed, while about 90% of them trust that traditional Chinese medicine generate less side effects and does well in health preservation. Nearly 50% of the patients agree traditional Chinese medicine performs better in eliminating diseases. However, specialties of Western medical are seen as getting more professional training than their Chinese counterparts. (APIAS, 2014) It shows that the public have positive comments to the efficacy of both Chinese Medicine and Western …show more content…

This is because Chinese medicine is an alternative medicine or so called Naturopathy. The treatment focuses on the whole body system to make a permanent cure rather than only taking temporary solution. The whole Chinese medicine includes various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (Tui na), exercise (qigong), dietary therapy and so on. (Kaptchuk & Tomalin, 2000). Although traditional Chinese Medicine is regarded as an unscientific way to treat diseases, it still attract different patients to try because of the useless of western medicine in some

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