I think inflammation is something we understand at a much deeper level due to western medicine. Chinese medicine has a number of herbs that are thought to reduc

I think inflammation is something we understand at a much deeper level due to western medicine. Chinese medicine has a number of herbs that are thought to reduce inflammation, without necessarily having an understanding of what is happening at a cellular or chemical level understood by western medicine. Western medicine would describe inflammation in terms of immune or hormonal response, down to a cellular, or even sub-cellular level.