具有世界上最先进生物医学保健系统的美国却需要有数百年历史的中医的帮助,这似乎很难令人置信。可美国患者确实对诸如针刺等中医技术有着强烈的要求。尽管中医已证明是有成效的,而生物医学专业人员在整体上仍对中医持反对态度。应该使这两种医学系统共同繁荣发展。但是在生物医学界和政府部门对中医进行科学的权威性鉴定以前,这种同时发展的局面是不可能出现的。 It seems hard to believe that the United States, which has the world's most advanced biomedical health care system, needs the help of hundreds of years of Chinese medicine. American patients do have strong demands on traditional Chinese medicine such as acupuncture. Although Chinese medicine has proved to be effective, biomedical professionals in general still oppose Chinese medicine. Both medical systems should flourish together. However, before the biomedical community and government departments conduct scientific and authoritative appraisal of Chinese medicine, such a simultaneous development is impossible.