Integrative Medicine combines conventional and complementary approaches together in a synchronised way. Integrative health incorporates multimodal interventions in an effort to treat the whole patient holistically as an individual, and not only a bothersome symptom. Multimodal interventions are two or more interventions such as conventional medicine, lifestyle and behaviour changes, physical rehabilitation, psychotherapy, and complementary health approaches in various combinations. The use of Integrative Medicine is already well established in countries such as the USA and UK, even though it is a fairly new field of practice in South Africa. This treatment modality focusses on establishing and treating the root cause of disease to correct various metabolic , neurological and biochemical pathways to correct or prevent chronic disease and to prevent premature ageing.