Actually, it's not that Chinese medicine is inferior to Western medicine, but Chinese medical practice is very complex. Unlike Western medicine, with its very simple and clear system that everyone can learn, where wrong is wrong, and right is right, everything points directly to the pathogen. Chinese medicine, however, emphasizes the "Four Diagnostics" of observation, listening and smelling, inquiry, and pulse-taking, prioritizing the body's innate balance and focusing on regulating the body. If you're inexperienced, you can't even properly diagnose a patient's condition, let alone treat it.
Moreover, practitioners of Chinese medicine from various schools have always cherished their own brooms, so to speak, clinging to their ancestral medical knowledge and not easily sharing it with outsiders. Plus, the social turmoil of the past caused many great masters of Chinese medicine to disappear into the sands of history...
