The term Functional Medicine is relatively new in medicine and reflects the scientific knowledge of the 21st century. Functional medicine is a  model of medicine that originated from “conventional” and “alternative” medicine. It is a combination of the best elements of both, representing the future of medicine. Functional medicine determines how and why illness occurs and restores health by addressing the root causes of disease for each individual.

 Functional Medicine doctors play a crucial role in managing chronic conditions.

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Functional medicine is holistic in how it views patients and their problems and includes the core concepts of naturopathic medicine within its system. This medicine considers the whole body in an approach to health, addressing the biochemistry changes,  the abnormalities of metabolic and immune system, hormones and nerve system health, and nutritional states of the body. Functional medicine utilizes natural products predominantly, but not exclusively, to help the patient reach a state of health and teach them how to take care and protect their health. Functional medicine emphasizes lifestyle changes to fix health problems, such as diet, exercise, sleep patterns, stress levels, and other aspects of life. Functional Medicine treatment plan may include a sequential plan with stages, fallow-up for re-evaluation. The benefits of functional medicine are:

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• Focus on personalized treatment.

• Care of chronic conditions

• Use a multi-disciplinary approach to treatment.

• Use alternative methods for treatment

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Nowadays more and more adults and children use complementary and integrative health care that is a holistic, natural and nontoxic approach to the therapy.

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