"But the system as a whole, enacted through the collection of people who implement it, does demonstrate effective outcomes re: community health." What india an

"But the system as a whole, enacted through the collection of people who implement it, does demonstrate effective outcomes re: community health." What india and what china are you refering to, when you say "good community health"? I am not a historian and have not been to both countries, but my general picture of the times where those medicine traditions were at its height, is not really of a healthy one. There were certainly healthy individuals, but the community health probably has to be described as, survival of the fittest. Via martial arts, I did study a bit of chinese medicine and I can say I like the general idea of keeping the body in balance. And that sickness is rather a symptom (of imbalance) than the root cause. But the concrete steps they have to do, well, I'd say it is probably 99% placebo.