Chinese Medicine is Not Science(4)

Saying that Chinese medicine is not scientific should not be taken as a total dismissal of its value. There is clearly a cultural and historical value to Chinese medicine, and some of the folk prescriptions should indeed be investigated by the scientific community. But only with the skeptical guidance of science we can verify the efficacy and safety of Chinese medicine. All countries have folk medicine, many of which far less developed than Chinese medicine.
    
Astronomy can not regress into astrology just as chemistry cannot regress into alchemy. There is no reason to believe that ancient superstitions can be used to surpass the accomplishments of modern science. Whether or one can look forward, past their simple outlook on Chinese medicine, is a true test of their scientific rationality.