this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2026
25 points (96.3% liked)

askchapo

23302 readers
125 users here now

Ask Hexbear is the place to ask and answer ~~thought-provoking~~ questions.

Rules:

  1. Posts must ask a question.

  2. If the question asked is serious, answer seriously.

  3. Questions where you want to learn more about socialism are allowed, but questions in bad faith are not.

  4. Try !feedback@hexbear.net if you're having questions about regarding moderation, site policy, the site itself, development, volunteering or the mod team.

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net
replaceable@hexbear.net
VILenin@hexbear.net
SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net
Wakmrow@hexbear.net
abc@hexbear.net
25
China Knowers, enlighten me on how the party treats traditional chinese medicine. Is it regarded as quakery or is it supplemental to treatment? (hexbear.net)
submitted 3 days ago by SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Was reading about Wong Fei Hung today and his style of kung fu he was famous for. But he was also a physician doing TCM. Most of my knowledge of TCM is like acupuncture, moxibustion, and herbs and the like.

Does the CPC police this, not letting people get away with snake oil salesmen who say they can cure cancer with herbs. Or is it encouraged alongside western medicine?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Keld@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Okay no you don't actually get to do the whole "educate yourself' routine when you are wrong about the basic definition of words.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_medicine#Other_terms

Holistic medicine is another rebranding of alternative medicine. In this case, the words balance and holism are often used alongside complementary or integrative, claiming to take into fuller account the "whole" person, in contrast to the supposed reductionism of medicine

You especially don't get to to do the whole "You don't even know what you're mad at" line when you are either lying in support of quackery or mistaken about the very meaning of words.

You also don't get to try to claim dialectics for your bullshit.

Go back. Do better.