Western medicine is just defined as medicine that has been through a rigorous clinical trial process that actually proves it works.
Until these Eastern medicine have gone through the same process, it’s just anecdotal evidence.
Until these Eastern medicine have gone through the same process, it’s just anecdotal evidence.
Given that off-label prescriptions are a thing, it's more medicine that's been proven to a satisfactory degree to be safe enough and to work for something. Lots of Western medicine as actually applied is anecdotal.
Fact is, if they really are beneficial, physicians want to know and are willing to spend time and money to collect data.