如果只是看这段解释, 而不看全文, 还真被懵过去.
关于中医, 从文中可以看到:
1. CAM与常规医学有显著的差异. 中医是CAM的一种.
2. CAM现在有四个分类. 以前有个第五类. 由于第五类包括前四个分类, 所以第五类归纳为"whole medical systems".
3. whole medical systems包括, Major Eastern whole medical systems include traditional Chinese medicine (TCM, 中医) and Ayurvedic medicine, one of India’s traditional systems of medicine (印度草医). Major Western whole medical systems include homeopathy and naturopathy. Other systems have been developed by Native American, African , Middle Eastern, Tibetan(藏医), and Central and South American cultures.
(http://nccam.nih.gov/health/backgrounds/wholemed.pdf)
4. 看看对whole medical systems的总结:
.... 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.

最后本人只是不明白, 自己的中医为什么要让别人承认才"理直气壮". 并且还牵强附会, 不惜断章取义, 以达到目的.
美国人可以把中医分类CAM, 同印度草医,藏医, 以及非洲的"巫"医等相提并论.

而现在的中国, 如果说去医院, 那么医院一定是以西医为主导的. 如果去看中医, 那么一定说去XX"中医"院.