Also, there's another difference between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine: practitioners of the former are often more stubborn about conceding defeat.
In Western medicine, superiority is determined by who can cure which diseases and perform which surgeries. For example, if I can perform a heart bypass, I'm considered better than someone who only knows how to remove an appendix.
Traditional Chinese medicine is different. Unless it's a case of crushing superiority, even if all my limbs were broken, I'd still purse my lips and argue with you. If I don't concede, I don't concede.
Take Guan Bo today, for instance. Would he concede to Du Heng? Would he admit Du Heng is better than him?
Du Heng could guarantee that if they were to meet again, Guan Bo would definitely seek another chance to compete, ideally by grinding Du Heng into the dust.
Concede? What a joke.
