Integrative Medicine

Integrative Medicine

As a medical biochemist, I worked for many years alongside doctors to the same goal - to protect and cure patients of diseases. During my professional training program that I had very basic knowledge of medicine, but I've never understood why highly qualified health professionals have never learned anything about self-healing and the natural healing ability of man. I wondered why they were so uncomfortable with other (traditional) therapies and spirituality. Where are all free-thinkers of modern medicine that have the power to draw attention to alternative therapies?
My next question was, is modern medicine neglect our natural mind-body connection? I hope not. While integrative medicine is recognized by the medical profession, the pace is too slow. At the end of their training, many doctors believe that compassion and the spirit that attracted them to medicine has been lost. Why?

To better understand the terms used in this article, let me give a few definitions:

Modern medicine, also known as the West, ordinary or conventional medicine, focuses on the physical aspect of the body for treatment. Another name for modern medicine is allopathic medicine.

Alternative Medicine, known as traditional medicine or natural, is a broad term given to the wide range of therapies, most of which are over 100 years. Alternative medicine takes a holistic approach, which means it does not concern only the physical body, but also considers the mind and spirit. It defines health as a state of perfect balance between mind, body and spirit.

Integrative Medicine combines the approaches of Western and replacement supplements, but does not replace conventional therapy. Integrative medicine rejects conventional medicine nor accepts alternative medicine without reservation.

In the early era of integrative medicine, many
doctors were facing a huge dilemma: either they learn and integrate alternative therapies into their practice or ignore them. But integrating them was taking a risk, the risk of losing the trust of their patients who were accustomed to other therapies. In addition, doctors would not violate the sacrosanct principle they have learned: "First, do no harm". They were afraid to try something new or different because conventional wisdom tells us that the treatment "alternative can not work because we do not know how it works"!

The dilemma is understandable from a medical standpoint.
Modern medicine wants everything to be explained scientifically and logically. It's OK, but on the other hand, there is a demand for alternative medicine, where people have tried and enjoyed. How should we respond to the huge demand for alternative methods? If the work of other therapies, and we know they do, then doctors need to consider. Fortunately, they finally do.

The medical profession is finally learning the ancient theory
we can not understand the disease only if we understand the person who has the disease and accept the fact that the mind and body are interrelated. Our mind and body are designed to stay in balance. The vast majority of diseases for which patients seek medical help are partly psychosomatic, which means that the physical symptoms are caused by mental or emotional.
Therefore, we need the help of science to deal with our health, but we also need to provide patients with hope and faith in treatment. Today, the MD should be emotionally and
scientifically competent to treat psychosomatic illness, if
the patient will be back with another problem! Do you know why?
Because no one looked at the reasons why he developed the disease in the first place!

Future generations of doctors.