Conventional medicine basically views disease as a deficiency of drugs, for that is how the vast majority is treated. And this shows no evidence of changing as pharmaceutical firms continue to buy up health management organizations. For a complaint, a history and physical is done, blood tests, X-rays, and eventually medication or surgery is recommended. The implication is that the body has little ability to combat disease and must rely on drugs. The problem with most drugs is that they turn off, bypass or otherwise manipulate, a defective part of the body chemistry rather than repair it.
All drugs cause deficiencies of nutrients that are used in the body's work of detoxifying the drugs.
Unfortunately, undiagnosed nutrient deficiencies already underlie most diseases, thereby serving to worsen existing symptoms and trigger the emergence of new ones. This solution to modern medical problems is the natural medicine approach. In the environmental category, a practitioner searches for hidden food intolerances, chemical sensitivities and mold allergies. In the nutritional category, the practitioner uses Kinesiologic and urine tests to identify vitamin, mineral, amino acid, essential fatty acid and other nutrient deficiencies. Lastly, in the metabolic category, the practitioner looks for hormonal deficiencies, intestinal dysbiosis and leaky gut syndrome.