Comparison of Chinese and Western medicine.

Compare and contrast the western idea of medical treatment with Ch'i and Chinese healing. Western medical treatment is tremendously different from Chinese medical treatment isn several ways. First of all, the Chinese use inductive and synthetic methods, while western medicine uses reductive and analytical methods. This can be seen in how the Chinese understand and learn medicine. Instead of solving everything with evidence and scientifical reason like western doctors, the Chinese use experience and cures …

…can be especially seen in the video "Mind and Body." The video depicted an old man who had performed Tai-Ch'i for a very long time. Even though he was old, the man looked extremely healthy, strong, and happy. He could still perform Tai-Ch'i in his old age, a feat that several old men in western society can't perform. These are just some of the many ways in which Chinese medicine is different from western medicine.