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TCM is clinically integrated into hospitals as part of (mostly) preventative medicine and treatment, though. I was prescribed a number of herbal medicines when I went in for 1) a twisted ankle 2) GI problems and 3) heatstroke. I'm a foreigner and this was in T1 cities.
Yep, fair enough. I imagine if either of us had been really ill the treatment would be similar to what we'd receive in a western hospital, i.e. heavy analgesics. Fortunately haven't had to see that side of a Chinese hospital.
Anecdotally, I have also seen a TCM doctor since returning from China since I was curious, and it was absolute quackery afaic. Outside of the hospital system it's an unregulated untested crapshoot.
I liked the accupuncture like, I think that did help (at the very basic level lying down in a dark room listening to soothing music would do on its own) but the 配方 pellets were useless at best.
It's chill when it is a weaponized placebo but people tend to go over board with it.
TCM is way more than a weaponized placebo. Obviously some of it is scientifically bunk, but a great deal of it represents the practical indigenous knowledge of Chinese people developed over millennia of living in their environment and learning how to use it to better themselves.