Some Chinese medicines of the same name do consist of different formulas. This is because they look at medicine in a different way to the west. Each component of a medicine is included to balance something in the body. There could be several herbs that the Chinese use to balance one particular organ. So Kai Kit Wan could have several formulas.
A few things to bare in mind about Traditional Chinese medicine.
1) It is the oldest health system in the world (around 5000 years).
2) It is the largest single health system in the world.
3) When China was invaded by Genghis Kahn one of the things he valued and preserved was Chinese medicine.
4) It is practiced by some qualified medical doctors.
5) The Chinese Government has started to regulate and licence some herbal medicines.
6) Acupuncture has been shown to inhibit pain receptors in the brain.
7) People have died because of adulteration with poisons and the use of poisonous herbs.
8) Western drugs have been found in some Chinese herbal medicines.
9) There is no regulations on who practices Chinese medicine (Qualified or non Qualified) and little or no regulations on the quality of the herbs used.
10) Little research has been done to prove any effectiveness.
A few thing to bare in mind about Western Medicine.
1) Most drugs are tried and tested on hundreds of people before being licensed for use.
2) Doctors have to be qualified and licensed to practice.
3) People can be injured or die as a result of taking western medicine.
4) People can be injured or die because of medical neglect..
5) Accidental high doses of medicine have injured and killed people.
6) Western medicine is about 200 years old.
7) Little or no monitoring is done to make sure a doctor is providing the correct treatment for a given illness.
8) Doctors are not always consistent in their diagnosis’s. (Try going to seven doctors with EP, the chances are you will get seven different explanations and treatments).
9) Medicine has been recalled because of mistakes or contamination in the manufacturing.
Basically, No system is perfect.
