Naturopathy is a medical approach to natural healing that uses many different modalities. Naturopaths may use homeopathic remedies in addition to other methods. The initials N.D. stand for Doctor of Naturopathy.

An approach to healing; disease is caused by a violation of the laws of nature, and naturopathy uses the forces of nature as therapeutic modalities.

a health doctrine based on drugless therapy and natural therapeutic and healing techniques.

Science of treating sickness through natural remedies, e.g., air, sunshine, saunas, as opposed to drugs or medication.

A drugless system of healing by the use of physical methods, such as light, air, water, etc.

A system of treatment based on the belief that the cause of disease is based on violation of nature's laws. Naturopaths believe that diseases are the body's effort to purify itself, and that cures result from increasing the patient's vital force by ridding the body of toxins. Naturopathic treatments can include "natural food" diets, vitamins, herbs, tissue minerals, cell salts, manipulation, massage, exercise, diathermy, colonic enemas, acupuncture, and homeopathy. Like chiropractors, many naturopaths believe that virtually all diseases are within the scope of their practice.

a method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process

A drugless system of therapy and treatment.

Natural healing techniques and prescriptions using plant, shrub, tree and flower extracts.

(N.D. denotes a Doctor of Naturopathy) A school of medical therapy utilizing only natural treatments including diet manipulation, vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements, exercise, massage, homeopathy and many others. As of 1991 there are two naturopathic colleges in the US (in Washington and Oregon). Naturopaths are licensed seperately from M.D.'s in a few states with most others allowing the practice of naturopathy by M.D.'s.

Naturopathy is a system, which is concerned with the whole person, rather than the problems afflicting his/her various organs and systems. Naturopathy recognizes and uses the fact that the body is a self-healing organism, working with the knowledge that if the right environment and opportunity for self-healing can be created; repair, recovery and good health will result.

Natural remedies ; Natural remedy ; Naturopathic medicine A drugless system of therapy, making use of physical forces such as air, light, water, heat, massage, etc. Treatments are often diet- and nutrition-oriented with attention given to the patient's personal history and lifestyle. (From Cassileth, Alternative Medicine Handbook, 1998, p329) Naturopathy

integrates traditional natural therapies such as botanical medicine, clinical nutrition, homeopathy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, and naturopathic manipulative therapy with modern scientific medical diagnostic science and standards of care. Naturopaths recognize the innate intelligence and inherent healing ability of the body; great emphasis is placed on preventive medicine.

medical treatment based on using natural plants and agents as well as natural healing methods to cause a cure or prevention

The philosophy, art and science of healing in a way that assists and promotes the body's own self-recuperative processes (vital force) to maintain health

A type of therapy that depends on natural forces rather than surgery or medicine to treat disease.

Natural healing prescriptions that use plants and flowers.

Natural healing treatments using plants and flowers.

Naturopathic Medicine, a primary health-care system, treats health conditions by utilizing the body's inherent ability to heal. Naturopathic physicians aid the healing process by incorporating a variety of alternative methods based on the patient's individual needs - nutrition, herbal medicine, homeopathic medicine and oriental medicine. Diet, lifestyle, work and personal history are all considered when determining regimen.

The Naturopath will have many different treatments to offer but all are based on the concept that the body will heal itself if given the right stimulus. A holistic system of healing that includes herbs, vitamins, massage, counseling as well as diet and nutrition. Naturopaths often give you an Iridological Diagnosis as part of the first consultation. Patients are treated as a whole person rather than just their symptoms.

The healing of disease through natural methods, making use of physical forces such as air, light, water, heat, massage, etc.

a alternative system of natural healing that relies on healthy foods and exercise, and the avoidance of drugs, believing that the body can cure itself.

A form of health care that uses diet, herbs and other natural methods and substances to cure illness. The goal is to produce a healthy body state without the use of drugs by stimulating innate defenses.

Naturopathic medicine is a field of healthcare which works with the body's own self-correcting mechanisms, or efforts to maintain homoeostasis.

A practice of preventing, assessing and treating conditions of the human mind and body. By integrating conventional health sciences with a range of natural therapies and traditional medicines, naturopathy treats the patient’s mental, emotional and physical states for a lasting effect.

Based on the premise that the body can heal itself if given a chance, it seeks to help patients heal themselves in ways harmonious to the body, mind, and spirit.

Medical practice that uses herbs and various methods to return body to healthy state by stimulating innate defenses--never supplanting them--with drugs. In early years, many naturopathic physicians were ill-prepared to practice a healing profession. Many received mail-order degrees and had little training. However by the 1950s, some degree of academic acceptability returned. Several accredited schools award degrees for training, and many states now require examinations and licensure to ensure competence.

A medical science that uses herbal remedies and alternative treatments and medicines like homeopathy, acupuncture, etc. to heal without the use of synthetic modern drugs it rejects. (See Synthetic).

A form of therapy based on the belief that all disease is caused by excess toxins in the body.

Natural healing prescriptions using plans and flowers.

Naturopathy is a system of healing based on using natural therapies to bring about a cure. The naturopath tends to utilize natural products, such as herbs and vitamins, rather than on synthetic drugs and surgery, and may also use nutrition, massage, manipulation, and electrical treatments.

Medical practice that uses herbs and various methods to return the body to a healthy state by stimulating innate defenses, never supplementing them with drugs. Most states require examination and licensure to ensure competence.

Medical practice using herbs and other various methods to produce a healthy body state by stimulating innate defenses without the use of drugs.

therapists believe that disease is caused by an imbalance in the body that affects mind, body and spirit. Balance is achieved by various methods that include adjustments to the diet, hydrotherapy and exercise. The use of fasting is also used to facilitate de toxification of the systems and to give the liver and gastro-intestinal tract a rest to enable the body to heal itself. Hydrotherapy is also used by naturopaths and can be in the form of hot and cold baths or compresses.

The discipline of natural medicine and healing through the power of nature and all natural substances.

an alternative medicine that uses nutrition, herbs, massage, and other techniques to promote healing