Immortelle Integrative Health’s comprehensive Integrative Health Care Team covers eighteen sub-specialties that deliver the best in direct specialist-based healthcare. Our specialists are affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles, California. U.S. News & World Report has named Cedars-Sinai America’s 6th Best Hospital for adults and Children’s Hospital America’s 5th Best Hospital for pediatrics.

What is our style of medicine?

No two humans are alike regarding metabolism, nutritional status, exercise tolerance, and chronic disease predisposition, nor are they the same regarding optimal treatment options. Therefore, our medical providers practice high-touch personalized medicine, precision tailored to each patient individually. They will provide you with the knowledge you need to effectively live and practice an anti-aging, regenerative, and healthy lifestyle.

Definition of Integrative Medicine:

Dr. Andrew Weil defines integrative medicine as a healing-oriented medicine that considers the whole person (body, mind, and spirit), including all aspects of a healthy lifestyle. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and uses all appropriate conventional and alternative medicine therapies. It is a philosophy that neither rejects traditional medicine nor accepts alternative therapies uncritically. The focus is on using natural, effective, less-invasive interventions whenever possible. It recognizes that good medicine should be based on sound science, inquiry-driven, and open to new paradigms.

Definition of Functional Medicine :

Functional medicine is defined as a medical system that addresses the underlying causes of disease, using a systems-oriented approach and engaging both patient and practitioner in a therapeutic partnership. It is an evolution in medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century. By shifting the traditional disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more patient-centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms.

Our medical professionals blend these styles of medicine to create a highly patient-focused practice. The patient is the center of the philosophy, which involves optimum health and balance in the body and mind. All of our systems need to be healthy for us to perform at our best. We believe in combining elements of many areas, including conventional or Western Medicine, new methods backed by scientific research, and even ancient Chinese or Eastern Medicine. Functional medicine looks closely at how our environment, lifestyle, and genetics affect us and ultimately determine our health conditions.

Traditional medicine focuses on alleviating a symptom, decreasing its intensity, or making it disappear altogether. The problem is that while the patient may feel better, these good feelings may not last long, and the underlying problem remains. Pharmaceuticals and prescriptions typically don’t heal a condition; they treat it or the symptoms. This is why, more and more often, people are turning to holistic and functional medicine to help relieve their conditions.

Another big difference about integrative medicine that will make sense to you is that instead of treating just one problem, such as a specific disease like diabetes or skin cancer, functional medicine looks at the entire body, the mental and physical condition of the patient, the nutrition and exercise levels, their stress levels, and all the potential imbalances that may exist in their bodily systems. Proponents of functional Medicine believe that traditional health care treats the tip of the iceberg but hardly ever results in permanent healing and vitality for the individual.

Many factors can cause imbalances in the body: inflammation, bacteria, viruses, toxins, emotions, digestion, anxiety, and poor diet. Every patient responds differently to various therapies and treatments, so we will closely monitor your progress and adjust your therapies as needed.

We cannot promise you a specific result level at your initial visit, but we can promise that our medical providers will work side-by-side with you to achieve your optimal health goals.

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