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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Finally, the truth emerges,
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This review is from: Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China, 1945-1963: A Medicine of Revolution (Needham Research Institute Series) (Hardcover)
For the past several decades, westerners have been exposed to the great "promise" of what has been termed "traditional Chinese medicine," (TCM). Kim Taylor's book is a thorough, readable, dispassionate and historical account of the evolution of this great charade. TCM is convincingly shown to be a modern invention, one that is being rejected by the modern Chinese, even as has been embraced by some westerners who have bought into the concept. It is mandatory reading for anyone with an interest in the field.
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TCM Unserstood,
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This review is from: Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China, 1945-1963: A Medicine of Revolution (Needham Research Institute Series) (Hardcover)
TCM is misunderstood. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is 60 years old (Taylor, 2005). TCM aims to synthesise aspects of so-called traditional Chinese medical ideas and practices with scientific methodology. Chinese/western, TCM/WM, traditional/modern are thus false dichotomies and 'TCM is different to western medicine (whatever "it" is) and therefore misunderstood...yet in some cases supported by it' is not valid.
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Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China, 1945-1963: A Medicine of Revolution (Needham Research Institute Series) by Kim Taylor (Hardcover - January 4, 2005)
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