In traditional clinical medicine, clinicians pay more attention to how to suppress patients' symptoms, such as constipation, and give them laxatives; Acid reflux and burning sensation give proton pump inhibitors such as Omera? wait for
The first thought of functional medicine doctors is that the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases must be related to the destruction of gastrointestinal mucosal integrity. Functional medicine has a set of effective intervention measures to treat gastrointestinal dysfunction, focusing on standardizing and optimizing gastrointestinal function and establishing "intelligent mucosal barrier" to restore it to a balanced and healthy state.
The 5R principle of functional medicine:
(1) Removal: The fundamental way to reduce intestinal dysfunction is to eliminate the factors that stimulate intestinal mucosa, including pathogenic microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract, allergic/intolerant foods, toxic substances derived from the environment, drugs and stress.
(2) Substitution: Supplementing digestive enzymes, hydrochloric acid and other nutrients that may be lacking or limited.
(3) Re-inoculation: Introducing "probiotics" to rebuild the balance of intestinal flora, which is the key to the repair of intestinal permeability.
(4) Repair: refers to providing various nutritional supplements to support the repair, healing and regeneration of gastrointestinal mucosa.
(5) Rebalancing: provide support in the process of patients' healthy recovery, change patients' mentality, diet and lifestyle, and establish a healthy lifestyle.