Functional Medicine - What's the Difference?

Naturopathic medicine is based on the germ theory of lewis pastour. It says your illness is due to germs, a bug, happening in your body. Western medicine separates mind and body - thyroid is separate from heart; gut apart from brain. Ancient medicine focuses more on root cause: inflammation rather than genetics. Natural medicine can help people with hypo thyrodism by changing their diet or using medication like cynthroid pills.