Skeptic, April 1st, 2004
Early Origins of Traditional Chinese Medicine
THE EARLY HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL Chinese medicine (TCM) has been fraught with speculative and often conflicting claims. One common theme is that "thousands of years" of continuous oral and written tradition have yielded a venerable system of diagnosis and treatment that remains highly effective and is practiced today in respected medical institutions as a part of socalled "complementary" medicine. But what, exactly, is this tradition? Though a few scattered clues have been gleaned from oracle bones, carved jade, and bronze inscriptions, the corner...
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