{"id":2384,"date":"2019-08-01T05:37:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T05:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drdebbie.co.za\/?p=2384"},"modified":"2024-01-28T16:19:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T16:19:23","slug":"getting-to-the-root-of-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drdebbie.co.za\/drdebbie\/getting-to-the-root-of-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to the root of symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2384\" class=\"elementor elementor-2384\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d2cf41e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d2cf41e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58454d5\" data-id=\"58454d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d8481d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d8481d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Treating the root cause of symptoms<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b70a779 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b70a779\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps you have wondered how I get to the root cause of your problem by asking a million probing questions. Well, let me explain in detail the approach, uniqueness, and the reasons behind the type of questions that l ask during the consultation.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>Functional Medicine operates on a guiding principle that states that the identification of the state of a disease is not the conclusion of a medical diagnosis, it\u2019s only the beginning. The illness does not happen in isolation but has so many influences that are associated with it.<br \/><br \/>According to Mark Hyman, MD, Director of the Cleveland Clinic for Functional<br \/>Medicine, the Matrix is a new lens to look at all your body\u2019s systems, symptoms, and risk factors and see the story the patient tells about how they got sick and how to get better. It connects the dots between all your symptoms.<br \/><br \/>I use a model adopted from the Institute of Functional Medicine.<br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6f465d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6f465d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/drdebbie.co.za\/drdebbie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-01-at-07.38.11.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2386\" alt=\"Functional medicine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drdebbie.co.za\/drdebbie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-01-at-07.38.11.png 707w, https:\/\/drdebbie.co.za\/drdebbie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-01-at-07.38.11-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/drdebbie.co.za\/drdebbie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-01-at-07.38.11-700x568.png 700w, https:\/\/drdebbie.co.za\/drdebbie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screenshot-2019-08-01-at-07.38.11-600x487.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb3fc8d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb3fc8d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e0d98a\" data-id=\"8e0d98a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0beeb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0beeb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 18.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202020; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;\">Your lifestyle influences, background causes, and triggers are all taken into consideration when using the matrix. Your mind, spirit, and emotions are in the middle of the matrix. With this information, l can understand your story and visualise the most important elements of Function Medicine.<br \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #202020; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;\">Identifying the root cause of your diseases and dysfunction<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #202020; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;\">Discovering the factors that influence the diseases from your lifestyle<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #202020; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;\">Applying your information to the matrix of biological systems to see where the underlying diseases start from<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #202020; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;\">With all this information l can create a comprehensive picture of the cause, origin, and influences of your problems which allow me to know where to begin in reversing the disease process and establishing great health.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 18.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202020; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;\">After establishing your problems, l use a few different therapies. These may include :<br \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #202020; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;\">Dietary interventions ( e.g, elimination diet, anti-inflammation diet, low glycaemic index diet)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #202020; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;\">Nutraceuticals ( e.g vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, botanicals)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #202020; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;\">Lifestyle changes ( e.g improving sleep, quality\/quantity, increasing physical activity, decreasing stress and learning stress management techniques, quitting smoking )<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #202020; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;\">Acupuncture to improve blood flow, reduce inflammation, help for stress management<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #202020; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;\">Chinese Medicine and Homeopathy to help the body heal itself and return the body to homeostasis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #202020; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">It helps a lot that l have a guiding tool that constantly redirects me to the important aspects of your story. This approach to gathering information not only helps me as your doctor but also helps you to have a holistic appreciation of your body and also to understand both positive and negative influences you could be exposing yourself to. What this means is, there are so many elements in our environment that contribute to the breakdown of your health.<br \/><br \/>I hope this acts as an eye-opener as to how you ought to care for, nurture your body, and most importantly, adopt a healthy lifestyle.<br \/><br \/>Love<br \/>Dr Debbie<\/span><!--EndFragment-->\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Treating the root cause of symptoms Perhaps you have wondered how I get to the root cause of your problem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1080],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-complementary-alternative-medicine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Getting to the root of symptoms - Dr Debbie Smith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Getting to the root cause, using Homeopathy, Acupuncture, Chinese medicine, Functional Medicine. 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