Explain to me how skinny shaolin monks can break bricks and press sharp objects on their skin without taking any damage? Qi power! Granted, there are old misconceptions in TCM, nevertheless it has working applications that modern medicine can't treat (and vice versa). I don't think alternative medicine should be dismissed, but complement it with modern medicine to provide the best treatment for patients.

You can wait for your doctor's appointment, pay a lump of money for him to tell you to take an aspirin, or immediately visit your TCM doctor (cheaply) for a willow bark prescription. Either way, it's the same molecule relieving your headache.

There's a lot that science can't prove or understand, doesn't mean it isn't there.