What Is A Doctor of Traditional Naturopathy?
Doctors of Traditional Naturopathy are trained specialists in a healing art that uses non-invasive natural medicine. They are not medical doctors (MDs). Doctors of Traditional Naturopathy (ND’s) are trained in subjects such as anatomy, physiology, counseling, dietary evaluations, nutrition, herbology, acupressure, homeopathy, iridology, exercise therapy, hydrotherapy, oxygen therapy, thermal therapy, and more. They personalize the healing modality to the needs of the individual patient.
1. First Do No Harm
Certainly, anybody who is sick does not need any therapy or treatment that would harm him or her. As prescription medication has such a potential to make a well man sick, many wonder how it can be expected to make a sick man well. Traditional Naturopathy embraces only therapies or procedures that are designed to enhance healing and produce wellness.
2. Recognize The Healing Power Of Nature
The human body is created with the capacity to heal itself and to maintain homeostasis (balance). There is a healing power in nature, and this principle is the basis for all of naturopathy. Naturopathy is a system designed to work in harmony with nature, in the restoration and support of the inherent natural healing systems of the body.
3. Identify The Cause
Allopathic doctors seek to treat joint pain by reducing the joint pain. This can be done with the use of painkillers, nerve blockers, or any number of procedures that suppress the symptoms. Doctors of Traditional Naturopathy are committed to removing joint pain by finding and removing the cause.
4. Treat The Whole Person
The Doctor of Traditional Naturopathy are aware that a person can have a physical or emotional illness. The chosen therapy is determined by what kind of problem the person is experiencing. You cannot be well or healthy if you have a psychological problem even if you appear perfectly fit. Doctors of Traditional Naturopathy use various counseling, stress management and biofeedback techniques for those experiencing emotional or behavioral problems.
5. The Doctor Is A Teacher
Doctors of Traditional Naturopathy are teachers and healers, working with clients to achieve a healthy balance in the body. The naturopathic philosophy places the responsibility of healing with the individual. The man maintains good health, and the doctor advises him on how to. For example, a deficiency is the result of an imbalance in the body. The client mismanaged the body, and its response is illness. ND’s evaluate the condition and advise clients on what’s needed for balance and to heal the client.
6. Prevent Disease
Doctors of Traditional Naturopathy are preventive medicine specialists. Prevention of disease is accomplished through education and encouraging good life habits that support health and prevent disease.
7. Establish Health And Wellness
The primary goals of the Doctor of Traditional Naturopathy are to establish and maintain optimum health and to promote wellness. Health is the state of optimal well-being. The Doctors of Traditional Naturopathy strive to elevate the client’s state of health and wellness by analyzing each aspect of the controllable factors that determine the state of health, those being diet, exercise, thinking, sleep, and posture.