 It is within this philosophical system that treatments such as acupuncture and herbal/dietary remedies are used. While the gulf between biomedicine and CCM is wide, it is not entirely dissimilar from some Western scientific practices: CCM’s approach to health and the human body bear some resemblances to the ways that epidemiologists approach populations’ health and how ecologists approach ecosystems. Among other similarities, in both fields there is great respect for balance and dynamic interconnected processes (Lee forthcoming).