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America’s Obsession With Chinese Medicine Is Taking Over TikTok

The trend of ‘Chinamaxxing,’ or embracing principles of traditional Chinese medicine, is gaining steam among Gen Z as trust in the US healthcare system plummets.
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Chinese medicine might seem less “woo-woo” than it once did now that the US health secretary is bragging about drinking cod liver oil. (Pexels)
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Did you drink ice water today? If you did, that was “not very Chinese of you,” according to Sherry Zhu, a 23-year-old Chinese American creator based in New Jersey. If you were really serious about “becoming Chinese,” you would be sipping hot water every day, she warned in a

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