1 | "We want to be the bridge, one of many bridges, between Western and alternative medicine, " she says. | |
2 | Furthermore, the causes of disease and their classification in traditional systems of medicine do not have a one-to-one correlation with Western counterparts. | |
3 | In relation to HIV, alternative therapies are most commonly used in areas where it is difficult to access Western medicine. | |
4 | The people who distrust and avoid Western medicine for HIV include not only individuals, but also some governments. | |
5 | In the 1960s, the government raised an army of "barefoot doctors", who were given basic training in western disease control and traditional Taoist medicine. |