Fasting, as one doctor said recently, may be the panacea that western medicine forgot.

This fledgling hospital was also used to train more than 60 locals in western medicine as fully fledged doctors.

This was derived from the ancient medical works, and dominated all western medicine until the 19th century.

Western style clinics and hospitals were unknown and doctors trained in contemporary western medicine were exceptional by their absence.

Ephedra has been an object of difficulty; having legitimate western medicine uses, illegal uses and powerful side effects.