Naturopathy

Naturopathy is the art and science of disease diagnosis, treatment and its prevention using natural therapies including botanic medicine, hydrotherapy, traditional Chinese Medicine and lifestyle counselling. In Naturopathy an individual is treated as physiological, structural, psychological, social, spiritual, and environmental factor. Keeping all these in view Naturopathy treats the patient of all the ailments he/she has. Symptoms of diseases are seen as warning signals of the improper functioning of the body. The primary goal of Naturopathy is to treat the underlying cause of the disease.

Naturopathy or Nature Cure dates back to the Father of Medicine - Hippocrates of Ancient Greek. Its a natural medicine system, which uses the fresh air, exercise, sunshine, wholesome diet, pure water, healthy environment, rest and emotional balance as the Equipments of the treatment. Natuorapathy means - being near to the nature.

Naturopathic Doctors are educated in utilization of many kind of treatments. Some are cross trained as Medical Doctors or as Osteopathic Physicians.

Method of Naturopathy :

Naturopathy works on five principles : Do no Harm; use the healing power of nature to rejuvinate the body and mind; identify and treat the cause; treat the whole person and not the particular part with ailment; work on disease prevention and health promotion. Keeping all these points in mind, the Naturopathic Doctor treats the patient.

There are certain kind of Naturopathic Therapies which are used by the Naturo Doctors. Naturopathy works on the philosophy that every human being has the innate ability to treat himself. It works on self cleansing, self - repair and therefore self healing. As per naturo doctors, this stage can be achieved by focussing on immune, hormonal, nervous and detoxification of the body systems. Naturopathy being a Holistic Medicine, Naturopathic Doctors take into consideration the individuals biochemistry, biomechanics and emotional pre - dispositions.

The naturopathic Medicines make use of clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathic medicine, Chinese medicine and physical medicine to diagnose the patient. Naturopathy does believe in and practices IV Therapies, Chelation Therapy, Minor Surgery and Colon Therapy (Medics Terminology).

Naturopathy gives some suggestions to keep yourself in good health - Clean your house and your surroundings. Take a broom and invite as many volunteers from your neighbor to treat the surroundings. To reduce swelling in minor sprains use ice packs with compression. To cleanse out the heatburn, drink large glasses of water whenever you walk out of your home, office, shop, college or school and exercise... . To avoid stress or doing exercises to reduce stress is also an important advice.