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Integrative medicine isincreasingly becoming mainstream 30% of Americans use integrative medicine, according to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine.

What is Integrative Medicine?

Integrative medicine, the future of healthcare, is the integration of traditional alternative medicine with conventional modern medicine. This means, the physician pulls from both alternative and modern medicine methods to find the best approach and healing plan for each individual patient. Integrative medicine puts the patient front and center by looking at the whole person (mind, body, spirit, environment, relationships, and more). This personalized health care approach gives both the physician and patient a greater understanding of the root causes of the disease or discomfort.

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What is Alternative Medicine?

Alternative medicine is the umbrella term used to describe alternative healing techniques such as homeopathy, acupuncture, meditation, ayurveda, yoga, special diets, natural products and other non-invasive techniques. Integrative medicine utilizes these techniques when appropriate, while also relying on western medicine. MUM offers different degree programs and online courses on MaharishiAyurVedaas well as integrative medicine.

How Does Integrative Medicine Work?

Lets look at a simplified example. A patient comes in complaining about frequent headaches. The standard approach might be to run some tests, or simply even just give the patient a prescription for pain relievers. On the other hand, an integrative medicine practitioner would spend time getting to know the patient and what might be the deeper root cause of this issue. They might offer diet and lifestyle changes, suggest some herbs or natural products, or recommend yoga or acupuncture, and so on. If the root cause was potentially more serious, the physician would then pick from western medicine techniques, such as surgeries, scans, tests, and medicine.

There Are Many Practices of Integrative Medicine. Some Include:

To keep up with the growing demand for integrative medicine, about one third of US hospitals now offer integrative medicine health care services, and almost half of all US medical schools have centers or departments for integrative medicine.

Interested in studying integrative medicine? MUM has many degree programs to choose from, including: an undergraduate Pre-Integrative Medicine degree for those that are preparing for medical school, an MD in modern medicine with a concurrent MS in Maharishi AyurVeda and Integrative Medicine with our partner medical school (AUIS), as well as on-campus and online versions of our MS in Maharishi AyurVeda and Integrative Medicine.

Annalisa Fredrickson graduated from MUM with a BFA in Graphic Design and a minor in Business. She is a writer, social media and marketing consultant, health coach and yoga teacher. She loves to travel, create recipes and be in nature.

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