This winter, Chinese medicine will be available at a Czech hospital for the first time, and the hospital director says nearly 300 people are already on a waiting list to try it. While in the United States and parts of Europe the co-existence of Western and Eastern health systems is not unusual, in the Czech Republic it remains a novelty, with strong backers and vocal critics. An official with the Czech Medical Chamber calls it “a Pandora’s box” that could create a field day for charlatans.
