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Interesting Infographics Comparing Eastern and Western Medicine

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Last year, when we were still going to Dr. Tan Ci Shou, renowned practitioner of Eastern medicine, I wrote a post on East versus West: Alternative Medicine.

In our story, the West ultimately won, and hubby underwent pacemaker implantation.  But honestly, there are still doubts in our minds of whether this was the right thing to do.  However, we were pressed for time, and caught between life and death.  Of course, we went for life.

But here is an interesting infographics I received, which is a comparison between eastern and western medicine.  Obviously, it leans towards the east, which is the older and less invasive of the two.  Having been reared the western way (in terms of medicine at least), eastern medicine presents to me a viable alternative, one that I would give some serious thought to.  After all, being informed, and knowing about alternatives, is half the battle.

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