Integrative medicine is the combination of both conventional medicine and alternative modes of healthcare such as acupuncture, yoga therapy, herbal medicine, nutrition, etc. It is a holistic medical model that recognizes the whole person is important in health and wellness. The functional medicine gets to the root cause of any problem which is causing the disease and treats it accordingly.
While complementary medicine has been around for the while many people question the credibility of this alternative treatment model. Integrative medicine tries to combine reliable and scientifically proven treatment methods along with conventional medicine to achieve better results. Both patients and practitioners find that this mode of medical approach is more satisfying and has a great recovery rate.
While complementary medicine has been around for the while many people question the credibility of this alternative treatment model. Integrative medicine tries to combine reliable and scientifically proven treatment methods along with conventional medicine to achieve better results. Both patients and practitioners find that this mode of medical approach is more satisfying and has a great recovery rate.
Functional medicine is also Holistic but is based on the finding and addressing the root cause of the illness. For example, a functional medicine practitioner would look at the environmental impacts, food habits, lifestyle, functions of the digestive system, endocrine system, intestinal system function, working of the detoxification system, and stress factors. They would look at the biochemical and genetic systems involved in the particular disease and how it functions on different individuals.
In other words, functional medicine looks at how all the systems in our body are inter-related and how it causes a specific problem in affecting our health. Rather than focusing on multiple disease entities, functional medicine finds the reason in a web-like interconnected system that causes physical imbalance and cures it. Thus, it restores balance to the system.
Practitioners always use the right combination of conventional medicine, yoga, massage therapy, acupuncture, nutritional interventions, and other useful methods to treat the patients. Apart from that, they also use these techniques to maintain a healthy lifestyle and prevent the attack of various diseases in patients.
For example, a person has chronic irritable bowel syndrome. When looked at this perspective, this syndrome has some psychological component associated with it. Now studies show that affected people have bacterial growth in the small bowel that can be treated and the nervous system can be treated by acupuncture. Also, yoga and meditation would help to reduce the effects of stress. By expanding how the problem is viewed, looking for the possible root cause of any problem, and implementing different methods of care helps to find out the effective way to treat a disease. Integrative medicine has become a part of the treatment model in recent times.
In other words, functional medicine looks at how all the systems in our body are inter-related and how it causes a specific problem in affecting our health. Rather than focusing on multiple disease entities, functional medicine finds the reason in a web-like interconnected system that causes physical imbalance and cures it. Thus, it restores balance to the system.
Practitioners always use the right combination of conventional medicine, yoga, massage therapy, acupuncture, nutritional interventions, and other useful methods to treat the patients. Apart from that, they also use these techniques to maintain a healthy lifestyle and prevent the attack of various diseases in patients.
For example, a person has chronic irritable bowel syndrome. When looked at this perspective, this syndrome has some psychological component associated with it. Now studies show that affected people have bacterial growth in the small bowel that can be treated and the nervous system can be treated by acupuncture. Also, yoga and meditation would help to reduce the effects of stress. By expanding how the problem is viewed, looking for the possible root cause of any problem, and implementing different methods of care helps to find out the effective way to treat a disease. Integrative medicine has become a part of the treatment model in recent times.