What differentiates functional medicine from conventional medical care? Cardiology, neurology, endocrinology, haematology, psychiatry, etc. are some of the many subspecialties within conventional medicine. It offers separate therapies for each of the body's organisations. However, a person is composed of sophisticated web-like networks between the mind and the body that are in constant contact. The cause of an illness is more important than its name.
As a result, a psychiatrist may be unable to properly treat a depressed patient with antidepressants if the underlying cause is a hormonal imbalance, such as a poorly functioning thyroid. Functional medicine and holistic gut health, in contrast to conventional medicine, are not compartmentalised and focus on underlying reasons, with therapies tailored to the cause as opposed to the disease.