Re: TCM works!
Yes, its normal observational medicine.
You need to tame the symptoms before you can target the source, the symptoms are easily tamed by controlling things like Heat, Fire or Cold..
One easy example has always been spleen-stomach interaction.
Many issues are shown there, which is why coffee is never taken by mouth in Asian cultures.
For us a simple test to see how Malaria was until we uncovered it all was to see what happens shortly after a morning coffee..
If you got to run to the bathroom your spleen-stomach balance is off.
In short a cup or more of strong coffee in the morning can damage your stomach Qi to the point where it alters the TCM temperature of your spleen and removes the symptoms..
But no one has yet dealt with the underlying Malaria..