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Integrative Medicine

“A symptom is the language used by our bodies to let us know that it needs help. The question remains: are we listening?”   Edison de Mello, MD, PhD

Akasha Center Integrative Medicine

Integrative medicine is a health-based system of medicine that incorporates all aspects of the individual – mind, body, and spirit – with strong focus on lifestyle modification and prevention of disease. It recognizes that health is more than just the absence of disease; it is a personal journey, in which optimal well-being is the goal. Akasha’s approach to integrative medicine incorporates proven and effective treatments from many systems outside allopathic (traditional) medicine. These methods have sound scientific evidence and are safe, cost-effective, and long-lasting. When eastern modalities, such as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), acupuncture, herbal medicine, and Ayurveda are integrated with western modalities, including allopathic medicine, naturopathic medicine, homeopathy, massage, psychology, nutrition, and exercise, they provide the patient with the best of two worlds: the ancient wisdom of the East with the technological advances of the West. Additionally, integrative medicine recognizes that all people, regardless of their underlying medical issues, have the potential for a maximal state of well-being. Armed with this principle, it attempts to move the individual ever closer to that state of optimal health, increased vitally, healthy aging and happiness.

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Some tenets of integrative medicine include:

  1. Recognition that good medicine requires a partnership between patients and health-care practitioners where both are involved in the decision making process and are vested in health care outcomes.
  2. All factors that influence health, wellness, and disease are taken into consideration. This not only includes the physical body, but also the psycho-social, spiritual, and environmental causes of disease.
  3. The harnessing of the body’s innate healing response aids in achieving optimal health.
  4. Safe and effective interventions that are natural and less invasive should be used whenever possible.
  5. Practitioners should have an objective perspective on both conventional medicine and alternative therapies with no bias towards either.
  6. A good practitioner holds true to good science and keeps both an open and a critical mind.
  7. Health promotion and the prevention of illness are principal components in an individual’s well-being.
  8. Practitioners of integrative medicine should “practice what they preach” by adhering to healthy lifestyle choices and maintaining good physical health.
  9. Nutrition and regular physical activity are the cornerstones of any health plan.
  10. All individuals have a desire for, and a right to, good health.

Testimonials

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My earnest desire was to find a Dr. that I could talk to. A doctor that would take the time to really listen. After going through some serious health issues, I wante…
Stacey Winick
What a gift the Akasha Family is to us!!  From the moment we walked through their door, we were made to feel like part of this incredible family by everyone on staf…
Beth and Frank Whigham
In a health care landscape marked by harried doctors, defensive medicine, insurance company vetted treatments, and mis-managed care, the Akasha Center is an oasis of…
Roy Sekoff Editor, Huffington Post
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Dr. de Mello helped my belly feel better when I was having stomach problems and he put me on a diet and now I feel much better than I was before! Then I started feel…
Jarra Agarwal
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As a skeptic and a veterinarian trained in western medicine, I was very hesitant to try a holistic doctor. My 6 year old daughter had been to 2 Kaiser pediatricians …
Nichole Agarwal
Akasha Naturals is my go-to for supplements. The Akasha Naturals Immune Support formula turns away any sickness I feel coming on. (InStyle, Sept. 2012)
Julia Roberts Actress
“I’ve been going to the Akasha Center for four months and together we’ve been working to create a better, healthier lifestyle that works for my hectic schedule. …
Lee Daniels Filmmaker
I have been a patient at Akasha Center for Integrative Medicine for almost three years and continue to be amazed at the level of medical expertise, the breadth of di…
Joe Dickey Singer
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I love the Akasha Center because everyone on staff is so warm and the practitioners are experts in the entire body. You will not get referred out to 10 specialists…
Maggie Nemser
I’m not fond of the antiseptic feeling that one generally gets when walking into a doctor’s office. I get the very opposite when I walk into the Akasha Center Lo…
Peter Horton Writer/Director

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