Question

Yu spends most of his time in the countryside picking herbs to use in his place of work. He dries the herbs and makes teas for his customers, who are ill people who distrust doctors and Western medicine in general. What term do sociologists use to describe Yu’s practices?

Answer 1

Sociologists use the term Alternative Medicine to describe Yu´s practice.

Step-by-step explanation:

Traditional medicine is very used in Asian and African countries. When these technics are used out of the culture they are considered as alternative medicine.

In Asia, Traditional Chinese Medicine is used to describe all of the different manners Asians inhabitants had to approach medicine. While Western medicine focuses on the problem, Chinese Medicine treats the body as a whole.

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