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because: supplementary to each other
- because: western medicine shortcomings
  - because: concern for overall feelings
  - because: TCM is cheaper
  - because: importance of balance
  - because: TCM's focus
  - because: over-relies on technology
  - because: TCM restores balance
  - because: over-reliance on antibiotics
  - because: improved by TCM
  - because: causes loss of health
  - because: side-effects
- because: TCM's shortcoming
  - because: improves to be more scientific
  - because: specialization
  - because: not specialized enough
- because: together form a whole
  - because: strength of TCM
    - because: TCM's perspective
      - because: TCM's methodology
      - because: TCM's cosmic view
  - because: strength of western medicine
    - because: western medicine's methodology
- but: they are totally incompatible
  - because: differences in language
  - because: TCM is not scientific
    - but: accepted by western medicine
    - but: experiments are also employed
    - because: lack of experimentation
    - because: fancy thinking
      - but: efficacy not invalidated
        because: improved through failures
    - because: subjectively based
    - but: knowledge of herbs
    - because: not within scientific paradigm
      - because: inconsistent treatments
        because: patient-oriented
        but: In fact this is a good point of TCM, because...

but: problem of qualification
- but: educations should be promoted
- but: TCM has its own regulations
- because: TCM lacks professional training and education
- because: lack of regulation
  - because: There is a standard of practice for TCM and the TCM...

Traditional Chinese medicine should be treated as an integral part of the HK health care system alongside Western Medicine

but: uses of endangered species
- but: It does not mean the treatment is...
  - because: TM can heal intractable diseases

because: TCM treatments are popular
- but: There are many accidents in the past history related...
but: vegetarians excluded
because: the case of PRC & Taiwan
because: long history
- but: A long history can not prove the fact that TCM is ...