Functional Medicine

Functional Medicine is the use of lab-based tests to determine a root cause for symptoms you’re experiencing. The symptoms most commonly treated are fatigue, weight gain, depression and anxiety, gastrointestinal issues, and hormonal imbalances.

Eliminating the Cause to Treat Symptoms

While traditional Western Medicine typically focuses on alleviating symptoms (take an aspirin for your headache, when you get another headache, take another aspirin), like Eastern Medicine, Functional Medicine’s goal is to identify and treat the root cause of your headaches so that you stop having them entirely. Combining Functional Medicine with acupuncture and herbs often results in a more rapid healing time, as Asian Medicine has a strong effect on the adrenals, digestion, and hormonal imbalances. 

What to Expect

A thorough intake will determine your main symptoms, when they started, what makes them worse, and how they are currently impacting your life. We’ll decide which tests you should complete and have them mailed to your home. You’ll do the tests at home and send them in with included FedEx envelopes. Once test results come in, Dr. Pearl will examine these reports to create a customized program focused on supplements and lifestyle changes. She is highly committed to making sure you understand what is going on with your body, what the lab reports indicate, and how to fix these issues. As such, she will go over your results with you, one by one, and create a clear, easy-to-follow treatment plan for you.

Treatment Protocol & Tests

A thorough intake interview to understand your symptoms

  • Lab tests to evaluate the state of your body systems

  • A customized treatment plan to get you back to your best that includes:

    • Lifestyle adjustments

    • Supplement program

  • Follow up appointments and possible re-testing to evaluate results and modify treatment plan as needed