What is functional medicine? How is it different from traditional medicine?

As a practical user and learner of functional medicine, let me talk about my simple understanding:

The fundamental difference between functional medicine and traditional clinical medicine lies in concept. Clinical medicine is evidence-based medicine, according to the symptoms of the right medicine. However, there are only two results: 1. Recover, the condition is controlled, and the patient returns to normal state. 2. Deterioration, clinical treatment causes all negative effects such as other injuries or stress reactions, which is very common in cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy and other free treatment.

Maybe some of my descriptions are not appropriate, but I believe that as a medical worker, you can generally understand what I want to say.

Then in the treatment and rehabilitation of chronic diseases, the strengths and advantages of functional medicine in treatment are highlighted.

In fact, many diseases, such as common metabolic diseases, long-term diseases such as cancer and tumor, and infectious diseases caused by low immunity, are usually due to autoimmune or metabolic abnormalities.

Functional medicine explores the roots of diseases through appearances, combines this appearance with past medical history, and conditionally combines it with genetic analysis to piece together a complete personal ecological map, so as to solve the soil where the roots of diseases exist from the aspects of diet digestion, body metabolism, lifestyle and working environment. , fundamentally solve the root cause and all the diseases arising from it.

Many people will say that functional medicine is superior to traditional medicine.

In fact, I think the two are complementary, especially for sudden diseases and injuries, traditional medicine is irreplaceable. Functional medicine is more like the escort of daily life.

A good doctor of functional medicine is like a good anti-virus software: no hooliganism, no fooling around, ready to help others and keep the computer in good condition.

An immature or even irresponsible doctor of functional medicine is like a rogue antivirus software: useless, completely useless, disgusting.

Traditional medicine is more like a repairman when the computer has a big problem. Generally do not use. With luck, the problem is light and can be solved. If it can't be solved, the computer will have to be replaced. hahaha.

Finally, give me a practical case of my work: I won't elaborate on what traditional medicine can do for a long-term type II diabetic (with a history of 30 years). At present, through functional medicine, patients stop taking drugs and their blood sugar is normal, and their basic life is almost unaffected, except for "indulgence" on holidays, which is basically the same as ordinary people.

These are my personal experiences and feelings, thank you.