Herbs and Roots: A History of Chinese Doctors in the American Medical Marketplace

A deep dive into the historical research of the interplay between Western and Eastern Medical practices. There are written records that show the presence of the practices that date back to the American colonial period — chronicling the use of Chinese knowledge, therapies, from the eighteenth century to the present. The historian Tamara Venit Shelton argues that the role of Chinese cultural medicine has been unacknowledged by formally trained medical authorities in the US. Presently, practitioners of Chinese medicine are often seen as irrational and irregular, useful foils to undermine a culture and perpetuate Orientalist racial stereotypes. This book explores that history of racism, immigration politics, medical history, and the experiences of Asian Americans in the US through this historical research.

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