What Does an Integrative Medicine Doctor do?
The appearance of diseases is influenced by a lot of elements, from our daily concerns or the environment in which we work, to the emotional events related to our private life. Too often, however, classical medicine focuses so heavily on the timely treatment of the symptoms of a disease that it forgets to look up to see the big picture of all the factors in a patient's life. A global understanding of the context in which a disease occurs is essential for the effective treatment and final elimination of the problem. Integrative medicine is a different and inclusive way of taking into account all the elements that can influence a person's health and all the types of treatment that can be approached for the long-term health restoration. In other words,…