It is extraordinary. It has the ability to treat conditions considered untreatable by a Western medicine. For example facial paralysis. Other methods of treatment simply can't match acupuncture. In moxibustion burning herbs are used to infuse a sensitised area with the healing properties of smouldering medicines.
Massage is applied to simulate the body's Median system.
For the last few decades the TCM community has been concentrating on scientific research, regulation and standardisation. In the modern world traditional Chinese medicine is going global. Chinese medicine is spreading around the world. This is a trend. In the last 20 years of China's opening up with cultural, scientific and medical exchange.