Western medicine stresses the scientific method. It therefore excludes Chinese medicine, which relies on bodily forces that--in the past--could not be scientifically measured. But today, in the face of cancer, AIDS, and other diseases, the limits to Western medicine are apparent.
西醫講求科學實證，固然破除了中醫「醫者，意也」過於唯心的流弊，但是當今人類面臨癌症、愛滋、免疫等棘手疾病，卻也發現西醫的侷限性。