Naturopathy is a system of health care which promotes the body’s own self-healing mechanism.
Nutrition is often the main mechanism of healing but can be used alongside other modalities when putting a plan together to consider long term health, such as herbalism, homeopathy, hydrotherapy and fasting, to name a few.
Principles of Naturopathy
1. The Healing Power of Nature
The body can heal itself, given the right condition and treatment. There is a ‘Vital Force’ which is stimulated to promote health.
2. Treat the Cause, not a symptom
Identify the underlying cause of illness rather than eliminating (suppressing) symptoms.
3. Treat the Whole Person
Recognise a patient’s uniqueness by taking into account individual physical, mental, genetic, environmental, social and other factors.
4. Prevention is preferable to cure
Prevention is preferable to cure in order to keep the Vital Force at its optimum at all times.
5. Education
Naturopaths educate their patients by bringing a better understanding of health, how to maintain it and how to avoid getting sick. This way patients can take responsibility for themselves
By asking specific questions, Naturopaths aim to identify the underlying cause/s of dis-ease and, employing Naturopathic Principles, find the correct treatment to improve a patient’s Vital Force and support the return to better health.
A Naturopathic Nutritionist focuses on the following:
- Use of whole and organic food as medicine
- The importance of detoxification and cleansing
- Assessment of the constitution of a patient (TCM /Ayurveda)
- Applying additional Naturopathic therapies such as First Aid Homeopathy, Bach Flowers, Tissue Salts, Iridology and Herbs.
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