Emerging Concept of Proactive Herbal Medicine

Cite this article: Buriani A. The Systems Biology Oriented, Holistic Vision of Personalized Medicine and The Emerging Concept of Proactive Herbal Medicine. J J Intern Medicine. 2015, 1(2): 007. Personalized medicine can be broadly described as a customization of healthcare, characterized by the diagnostic exploitation of high throughput -omic thechniques and a holistic vision of the individual, seen as a unique biological super-system. The term P4 medicine has been also used to highlight four of the pillars of the new approach, that is “Predictive”, as it uses molecular diagnostic tools to precisely predict individual health risks and treatment responses; “Preventive”, aimed at acting to stop a disease before it occurs and maintain wellness; “Personalized”, collecting and integrating each subject’s unique clinical, genomic, molecular and environmental characteristics, in order to make informed decisions for the best individualized care; “Participatory”, promoting patients’ participation and empowerment [1,2]. Recently the term “precision medicine” [3] has been used to stress the ability of -omic techniques (diagnostic-omics) to identify molecular patterns and guide targeted interventions with high specificity. Regardless of the label used, this innovative medical approach is fast spreading, and models for effective clinical application are being developed [4].