Conventional medicine, also referred as Western or Allopathic medicine, is a system in which a medical doctor and other healthcare professionals treat symptoms and diseases using drugs, radiation and surgery.
Functional Medicine is a personalized approach that uses system-oriented model that engages patients and practitioners to address underlying causes of disease. This is a complex development in the practice of modern medicine that better addresses needs of healthcare in the 21st century. Functional Medicine uses patient-centered approach that helps to achieve the highest expression of health. This method helps to address the whole person and not just isolated set of symptoms.