Naturopathic Medicine is an exciting and unique way of looking at health and well being that takes its roots from many ancient-healing traditions. By focusing on prevention, and using natural substances and treatments, Naturopathic Doctors are able to support and stimulate a patients’ abilities to heal themselves. The primary goal of naturopathic treatment is to address the cause of illness, rather than simply treat or suppress symptoms. In order to address the cause of illness, it is necessary to treat the “whole” person, which is one of the main tenets of naturopathic medicine – “treat the whole person; mind, body and spirit”. In treating the whole person, it is vital that each patient is seen as an individual and develop unique treatment protocols. When treating patients, Naturopathic Doctors use many different naturopathic modalities such as clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine, homeopathy and lifestyle counseling.
What Health Concerns can be treated with Naturopathic Medicine?
A Naturopathic Doctor is a primary care physician and therefore virtually all chronic and most acute conditions may benefit from Naturopathic Medicine. Patients at every age and at every stage of life have been helped from treatments by Naturopathic Doctors. The most common health conditions seen by Naturopathic Doctors include: chronic illnesses (e.g. chronic fatigue syndrome, allergies, hypertension, digestive disorders, skin disorders etc.), acute conditions (e.g. colds & flu, ear & throat infections, headaches & intestinal upsets), women’s conditions (e.g. menopausal problems, PMS, menstrual disorders, fibrocystic breast disease, enhancing health in pregnancy, infertility endometriosis, & uterine fibroids), and other conditions (e.g. mental or emotional stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, attention deficient disorder, & hyperactivity)