Is Traditional Chinese Medicine, & all that that encompasses, alternative medicine or complimentary medicine? Let's digress & go over the differentiating words: alternative vs. complementary.
If something is the alternative to another thing, it's either, or. Not both. If you choose the chicken at a wedding, & the alternative was beef - you get one or the other, not both. (unless you're sneaky & conniving, but let's say in this case you're an upstanding citizen) You've had to make a choice. It's very black & white.
If, on the other hand, something is complementary it goes along with whatever the other choice is. Say...like a fine wine complements a certain dish. Having that wine with that particular meal enhances the taste & the experience of eating it. It makes it better. Who wouldn't want to make whatever they're doing - whether it be eating a meal or working on a certain health condition better?
In my mind, Traditional Chinese Medicine is very much a complementary medicine. It complements Western Medicine, Chiropractic care, Homeopathy, & on, & on, & on. Working with other care givers I can enhance the healing process. Making the time needed to heal, less & increasing the benefits. Who wouldn't want that?!
SO let's stop calling Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, etc. alternative. It is very much complementary.
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