“Integrative medicine is like the umbrella term. Integrative is utilizing different modalities from different areas like acupuncture, homeopathy, naturopathy, herbal- even pharmaceuticals -that’s Integrative medicine, you try to do the best with everything.”

-Dr Benton

 

The painted picture is always allopathic practitioners versus naturopathic practitioners- but it doesn’t have to be this way. Today with Dr. Benton, we dive into Integrative medicine and what it means to marry both approaches in medicine. 

 

TIME STAMPS

1:20 Dr Benton’s Background

4:20 Why Dr Benton chose Integrative medicine

8:47 Why don’t doctors choose the integrative approach?

16:07 What is functional medicine versus integrative medicine?

17:20 Dr Benton’s child’s healing story

19:39 Is integrative the medicine of the future?

21:21 IBS and anxiety correlation

22:57 Calming methods for anxiety

34:15 Doubts from other doctors

42:47 How does an integrative Doc treat?