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The Six Principles

The term “naturopathy” was coined in 1892 to describe a rapidly growing system of natural therapeutics that drew from Hippocrates and the traditional and indigenous medicines of the world. Today’s naturopathic doctors blend modern, science-based diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with ancient traditional methods. Naturopathic physicians follow six fundamental principles of naturopathic.

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1) The Healing Power of Nature

Naturopathic medicine recognizes an inherent ability in the body which is ordered and intelligent. Naturopathic physicians identify and remove obstacles to recovery and facilitate and augment this healing ability.

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2) Identify and Treat the Causes

  1. Naturopathic physicians seek to identify and remove the underlying causes of illness, rather than to eliminate or merely suppress symptoms.
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3) First Do No Harm

Naturopathic medicine follows three principles to avoid harming the patient:

  • Use methods and medicinal substances which minimize the risk of harmful side effects.
  • Avoid, when possible, the harmful suppression of symptoms.
  • Acknowledge and respect the individual’s healing process, using the least force necessary to diagnose and treat illness.
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4) Doctor as Teacher

Naturopathic physicians educate the patient and encourage self-responsibility for health. They also acknowledge the therapeutic value inherent in the doctor-patient relationship.

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5) Treat the Whole Person

Naturopathic physicians treat each patient by taking into account physical, mental, emotional, genetic, environmental, social and other factors. Since total health also includes spiritual health, naturopathic physicians encourage individuals to pursue their personal spiritual path.

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6) Prevention

Naturopathic physicians emphasize disease prevention, assessment of risk factors, hereditary susceptibility to disease and making appropriate interventions to prevent illness. Naturopathic medicine strives to create a healthy world in which humanity may thrive.

Wellness

Wellness follows the establishment and maintenance of optimum health and balance. Wellness is a state of being healthy, characterized by positive emotion, thought and action. Wellness is inherent in everyone, no matter what diseases are being experienced. If wellness is really recognized and experienced by an individual, it will more quickly heal a given disease than direct treatment of the disease alone. (This principle was adopted by Bastyr University).

Naturopathic medicine also studies holistic approaches to therapy with a strong emphasis on disease prevention and promoting wellness. Another distinguishing feature is the treatment philosophy: Naturopathic doctors see the patient as someone who facilitates healing by identifying and removing barriers to health.

To recap, my focus is on disease prevention, early intervention and wellness optimization. My approach to healing: is based on the seven key principles of naturopathic medicine that I described above that I believe in:

  1. First do no harm
  2. Nature has healing powers
  3. Identify and treat the root cause
  4. Treat the whole person; mind, body, & spirit.
  5. Establish health & wellness
  6. The doctor is a teacher
  7. Prevention is the best cure.
  8. You give the body what it needs, and it learns to heal on its own.

The Naturopathic Doctor’s mission is to restore health and promote wellness in their patients using the safest, most effective, and least invasive therapies available.

How Naturopathic Medicine Can Help You

Naturopathic medicine emphasizes preventing disease, encouraging the body’s inherent healing ability, treating the whole person and educating patients to be partners in their own health care. While firmly science-based, modern naturopathic medicine also preserves the century-old wisdom of successful natural therapies.

I take the time to listen to and get to know you as a whole person, working with you to discover your own unique route to wellness.

It will be more rewarding and a greater accomplishment for me to improve the health status and quality of life of my clients. I am a very compassionate person by nature and have this healing and caring capability that guided me to get into this field which is very hard to find in this time in most professionals.

My clients are very important to me, I want to give my complete attention and care and be able to fulfill their needs. I want to give them more individualized and personalized care by my caring, warm-hearted and compassionate skills.

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5 Aspects Of Holistic Health

The 5 Aspects Of Holistic Health: physicalemotionalMental, social, and spiritual. When it comes to holistic health we are looking beyond the physical body and are addressing physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and intellectual health.

After you start feeling better health wise, physically, mentally, emotionally,  socially, the last profound healing occurs in the spiritual aspects.

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