Sunday, June 8, 2008
week 6: TCM gets respect in the West
TCM is getting more and more respect in the West, though the patients are bringing about this change in attitude more than the Western medical system. I do hear more and more people saying their physical therapist or MD suggested acupuncture for chronic pain or for help with getting pregnant. I think many people in the West have trouble buying into traditional Asian medicine because the terms (qi, energetic organs, the five elements, etc.) aren't part of our culture, many of our religions, or our philosophies. I think if we just keep helping people and educating them, it won't matter so much whether or not MD's believe in what we do.
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Michelle, I completely agree with you when you say that many people here in the West have trouble accepting TCM because of the terms and the language used when diagnosing somebody. "deficient yin" or the triple burner mean nothing to somebody with a completely western scientific upbringing. It isn't until they realize that despite the poetic-ness of TCM, it is every bit as factual and reliable as the West.
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