Amazing (to me, at least) to see this detailed and seemingly very credible dissection of "traditional Chinese medicine" in the online magazine Slate.
..."exporting Chinese medicine presented a formidable task, not least because there was no such thing as “Chinese medicine.” For thousands of years, healing practices in China had been highly idiosyncratic. Attempts at institutionalizing medical education were largely unsuccessful, and most practitioners drew at will on a mixture of demonology, astrology, yin-yang five phases theory, classic texts, folk wisdom, and personal experience."
I don't have privileges of posting URLs yet, but if you go to the Slate front page (slate dot com) the article can be found there.
Read and enjoy!
..."exporting Chinese medicine presented a formidable task, not least because there was no such thing as “Chinese medicine.” For thousands of years, healing practices in China had been highly idiosyncratic. Attempts at institutionalizing medical education were largely unsuccessful, and most practitioners drew at will on a mixture of demonology, astrology, yin-yang five phases theory, classic texts, folk wisdom, and personal experience."
I don't have privileges of posting URLs yet, but if you go to the Slate front page (slate dot com) the article can be found there.
Read and enjoy!
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