I used to focus only on the universal treatments of Western medicine, neglecting the precious medical experience passed down through thousands of years by our ancestors.
You see, even Western medicine has problems it can't solve, and although Chinese medicine isn't the mainstream now, it certainly has its remarkable strengths.
It's biased to say that Western medicine surpasses Chinese medicine, or that Chinese medicine surpasses Western.
So I think we can set our goals a little further.
If Western medicine doesn't work, we'll learn Chinese medicine!
If Chinese medicine doesn't work, we'll learn both Chinese and Western medicine!"
Watching the elder and the younger one enthusiastically discussing Xiao Yu's future school and major planning, I was somewhat speechless at the time.
It wasn't until many years later that I realized I had underestimated these two's ability to execute...
