What attracts me to chinese medicine?

I am attracted to Chinese medicine simply because I am interested in health and gaining greater understanding the world that I live in. This interest coupled with my study of tai ji and hatha yoga, along with my interest in my connection with the natural world has taken me in the direction first of ayurveda and now into Chinese medicine. In my view, medicine should be preventative, natural, have no side effects, and should have at its core an understanding of the connection of mind and body as well as knowledge of those connections between individuals and the greater world and energies that surround them. Chinese medicine has this understanding and that's why I have come to study it.