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To validate the trip—and in a move inspired by the Societies of the World 25: “Health, Culture and Community: Case Studies in Global Health” class—Henderson and Wang conducted a comparative health study of Peru and China, evaluating perceptions of...
Wang said that in general, traditional medicines are more trusted and that people view traditional medicines as preventative, slow-acting treatments.
Especially in China, Wang said, traditional medicine is believed to pose potential long-term cures, whereas Western medicine is used to cure sudden symptoms and complex medical issues in need of immediate attention, like surgery.
Though the two said they had learned many of these lessons in their coursework at Harvard, they agreed that hearing first-hand accounts explaining the rationale behind hundreds of years of traditional medicine was a life-changing experience.
“You have assumptions, you know people use traditional medicine, but you don’t know why,” Wang said. “Being there lets you escape from the Western, imperialistic mindset that our medicines are the best,” he said.