November  UTC What evidence is there for any concepts  Again none of this debate really matters in the absence of sources  What specific sources support specific TCM concepts  What sources support cold herbs having antibiotic or antiinflammatory properties  What sources support a heat pattern being inflammation aside from the trivial observation that inflamed areas are warm  Without sources these abstract discussions are pretty pointless  If a reliable source echoes your assertion for me the only real question becomes how to summarize it The assertion that TCM is speaking a different language rather than simply right by accident is also an assertion that requires a source  All prescientific medicine usually manages to be correct about certain herbs be they emetics analgesics laxatives or soporifics but that doesnt validate the medical system  And if were debating the modern medical model when modern medicine was introduced to China I believe that like all nations they experienced a considerable boom in longevity a drop in infectious diseases and a much higher rate of survival out of childhood  Mao brought back TCM for political reasons not because it was as effective as vaccinations surgery and drugs   But again  to be integrated into the page sources are required    Wikipedias rulessimplecomplex