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Cultivate Healing Through Functional Medicine and Acupuncture
Acupuncture on its own is a powerful modality, and functional medicine on its own is healing people — and together — they’re changing the scope of the current medical model. Whether you consider these medical disciplines trendsetters or ahead of their time (Chinese medicine is actually quite ancient), they continue…
Read MoreHow Functional Medicine Benefits Those With An Autoimmune Disorder
In western medicine, there is this notion that if you have an autoimmune disorder the only option is to treat it with pharmaceuticals while trying to manage the symptoms. The heaviness of chronic pain and discomfort may only slightly get better, while “cure” or “remission” are words to be avoided…
Read MoreFunctional Medicine and Autoimmune Disease
In our last post, we took a glance at what functional medicine is, and learned in its most distilled form, it is viewing the patient as dynamic and seeks to treat the root cause of the symptoms. For example, if a patient is suffering from type 2 diabetes, you would…
Read MoreWhat is Functional Medicine?
The western approach to medicine has been widely scrutinized because it’s based more around the insurance system and not so much around effectively treating patients. Doctors have limited time with their patients, while symptoms are often overlooked, and pharmaceuticals vastly overused. While western medicine does have its issues, it’s amazing…
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