What is Chineese medicine used for?!

What is Chineese medicine used for?

Curious. what is it and how does it help?
serious answers only please

to know and appreciate Chinese medicine, you must understand its philosophy; the Chinese believe that the body is equipped with all the abilities to heal itself; a body is healthy when everything inside is balanced; thus to heal is restore the balance; the point of imbalance must be identified and isolated; then, steps are taken to help the body bring itself to balance;

Chinese medicine works by inducing the body to heal itself; it is better and lasts longer because: (1) since it is the body that will heal itself, there will be any side effects (because there are no external factors - like synthetic chemicals - to remain after the healing process, everything is natural); (2) since the body healed itself, it will "remember" how it did it and will be prepared for it the next time;

what makes Chinese medicine frustrating, at times, is that it shrouds itself with "mystery" - as in unexplained rituals that must be followed; sometimes the remedy works but the reason for its effectivity does not make sense;

I was taught that to address a "normal" stomach ache (one caused by eating something "bad") we take a piece of whatever caused the ache, heat it until it is burnt, then eat the charred portions; the "explanation" is that the negative (burnt food) will "cancel" the positive (the cause of the ache) hence restoring the balance; the actual rationale, I learned later through my own research, is that the burnt food is mostly carbon and carbon is a natural and potent anti-toxin; (this is one reason why certain anti-loose bowel movement medication is grayish black or dark - it's the carbon content);

finally, western medicine is known as allopathic medicine and I invite you to google "IATROGENIC DISEASE";