Integrative medicine offers many therapeutic and long-term preventive benefits. By bringing together the Western and Eastern dimensions of medicine, we add to holistic healthcare and promote healing on a more comprehensive level. The principal focus of integrative medicine is to counter specific illnesses along with preventing future ones. This is a broad approach that considersthe mind, body, and spirit, customizing treatments in order to treat everything from colds and flus to chronic conditions like illnesses like cancer and Lyme disease.
A number of methods are employed in integrative medicine, some of which are:
- Dietary and lifestyle improvements
- Nutritional supplements
- Pharmaceuticals, only when necessary
- IV therapy