The current state of affairs in medicine unfortunately makes it seem like there has to be a choice between Western and Eastern types of medical treatment. I think this thinking is odd really. Although I practice in profession and in my personal life primarily alternative medicine protocols, I certainly would appreciate an M.D. when I need one. If I was in an accident (which I have been in), if I needed surgery (which I have needed to save my life), I really would not want to see a doctor practicing alternative medicine. There are all kinds of doctors for all kinds of problems. My daughter had an accident last week, a dental one, and I had to go to an M.D. that practiced cranial sacral therapy to try and fix a tooth that had become jammed up into her jaw. I could not have fixed that. Medicine is a vast community of wonderful pracitioners (mostly:) ) and it will be even better when we all learn that one's area of expertise does not need to nulify the other's. In any case, this article gives nice attention to an age old medicine getting new validation: http://www.naturalnews.com/024248.html