How about Chinese patients? I mean in China, do patients normally get traditional Chinese medicine or Western treatment? In modern China, traditional Chinese medicine is both taught as well as practiced alongside orthodox Western medicine. All of the major hospitals have Western and traditional Chinese departments, and patients are offer referred from one department to the other. Thus, Chinese patients are able to receive the best that each system has to offer. If the case is serious, the patients may receive combined Chinese herbal and Western drug therapy. This has proven to be an extremely successful approach, with remarkable results being achieved in such cases as cancer care, recovery from stroke, skin disease, heart disease, post operative car, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine does wonders.