It matters not if theories come from East or West so long as they be true. It is esseential in cases that genuinely need surgery, but it tends to overuse surgery - many cases can be treated successfully without that. Conventional medicine has a high rate of adverse side-effects, i.e. causes an unacceptable rate of iatrogenic disease. Therefore its clinical success in many chronic diseases is poor. The term is a misnom er.
Holistic medicine is the best medicine for humans or animals.
Where necessary, it includes surgery. The Syndrome is only the clinical manifestation of the disease, i.e. the end-result of the body's defensive reaction, its attempt to try to correct the Energetic Imbalance, which is the root cause of the disease. It uses whatever methods are needed to remove, neutra lise or alleviate the root causes of disease. When indicated, it also uses conventional physiotherapy, medicine, surgery, nutrition, counselling, etc.