Integrative medicine is a new and rapidly growing area of medicine that approaches sickness and disease from a different viewpoint than a traditional medicine “one symptom, one drug” paradigm. I call this model the “treat the cause, not the symptom” model. In integrative medicine, the physician expands beyond the narrow drug/surgery approach taught in western medical schools, utilizing various treatment modalities that have been proven effective. Our goal is to address the root cause of your illness or diseases, rather than manage symptoms.