Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes Chinese Medicine

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately describes Chinese medicine?

• A) Researchers have identified a uniform set of Chinese medical practices used by practitioners within and outside China that complement biomedical treatments.
• B) It was suppressed as "unscientific" after the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
• C) Chinese medicine rejected Western medicine in the early twentieth century as "inauthentic" and "un-Chinese."
• D) Chinese medical practices vary widely within China, from patient to patient and also over time.

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