Post Series: Botanicals & Functional Medicine Labs
Herbal medicine is entering a new era—one backed by science, data, and cutting-edge diagnostics.
💡➡️Herbal medicines are being recommended through lab testing!
Functional medicine practitioners are now using advanced lab testing to personalize herbal recommendations, bridging the gap between traditional wisdom and modern healthcare.
This is more than just a trend—it’s the future of medicine, where natural products are fully integrated into healthcare and diagnostic testing, creating a data-driven, personalized approach to herbal healing.
These tests go beyond basic screenings, identifying nutrient deficiencies, gut imbalances, hormone fluctuations, and metabolic dysfunctions—all areas where herbal medicine shines.
This series will explore the functional lab tests shaping the future of herbalism, this week starting with the GI-MAP. Markers included in this screening:
· Bacterial Pathogens
· Parasitic Pathogens
· Viral Pathogens
· H pylori
· Normal Bacterial Flora
· Phyla Microbiota
· Opportunistic Bacteria
· Autoimmune Triggers
· Fungi/Yeast
· Viruses
· Worms
· Additional Tests
· Antibiotic Resistance Genes
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🌱 Functional medicine labs focus on root causes, optimal ranges, and personalized interventions, unlike conventional labs that primarily screen for disease.
🌿 Botanicals play a major role in addressing imbalances found in these tests, guiding herbal protocols tailored to lab results.
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