如果只是看這段解釋, 而不看全文, 還真被懵過去.
關於中醫, 從文中可以看到:
1. CAM與常規醫學有顯著的差異. 中醫是CAM的一種.
2. CAM現在有四個分類. 以前有個第五類. 由於第五類包括前四個分類, 所以第五類歸納為"whole medical systems".
3. whole medical systems包括, Major Eastern whole medical systems include traditional Chinese medicine (TCM, 中醫) and Ayurvedic medicine, one of India’s traditional systems of medicine (印度草醫). Major Western whole medical systems include homeopathy and naturopathy. Other systems have been developed by Native American, African , Middle Eastern, Tibetan(藏醫), and Central and South American cultures.
(http://nccam.nih.gov/health/backgrounds/wholemed.pdf)
4. 看看對whole medical systems的總結:
.... To date, NCCAM’s research efforts have focused on individual therapies with adequate experimental rationale and not on xxxxuating whole systems of medicine as they are commonly practiced.

最後本人只是不明白, 自己的中醫為什麼要讓別人承認才"理直氣壯". 並且還牽強附會, 不惜斷章取義, 以達到目的.
美國人可以把中醫分類CAM, 同印度草醫,藏醫, 以及非洲的"巫"醫等相提並論.

而現在的中國, 如果說去醫院, 那麼醫院一定是以西醫為主導的. 如果去看中醫, 那麼一定說去XX"中醫"院.