Over here in China, as you might expect, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is quite popular. But after spending a year teaching in a TCM provincial level unive

Over here in China, as you might expect, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is quite popular. But after spending a year teaching in a TCM provincial level university, and talking to a number of the lecturers is it even real? A good few of the lecturers have been disciplined for complaining that TCM is for want of a better term "a load of crap". If the people teaching & practicing it think it's snake oil what does that say about it. And why is it called Traditional Chinese Medicine, why not just call it medicine if it works?