Benefit

Naturopathy has many benefits, ranging from physical to spiritual. Patients may find that conventional medicine is not providing the care they need or that it is failing as a treatment. For these patients, naturopaths can offer an alternative method of treatment. Other benefits are that naturopaths focus on prevention and an holistic approach to treatment, naturopaths also tend to be more involved with their patients. Part of their training involves counseling and communication skills, which enables them to develop a strong relationship with patients. The traditional naturopath does not undertake to "diagnose" or "treat diseases," but rather recognizes that the majority of sub-health conditions are cumulative lifestyle effects, and that the underlying cause of what we call "disease" (or, "dis-ease") is improper diet, unhealthy habits, and environmental factors which cause biological imbalances leading to a weakening of the bodies’ natural defenses and subsequent breakdown in health.

Naturopathy is limited, like any other healing profession, in that patients may need to be referred to allopathic doctors, or other health professionals. This enables a more complete healing process. A Naturopath specializes in looking at the body as a whole system and treating the individual. Naturopaths look to find the root of the cause of imbalances in the body and work to strengthen vitality and the innate immune system so that the body can fight disease and prevent future illness. It is often educational and empowering what you may learn about health from a Naturopath so think of seeing a Naturopath as a good investment. After all, your Health is your Wealth!!

Naturopathy is a way of life that can bring about huge changes if the patient is willing to make changes. Treatment can involve many modalities including:

• Herbal Medicine
• Diet and Nutrition
• Nutritional supplements
• Flower essences
• Mineral therapy
• Iridology/iris diagnosis
• Hydrotherapy/colonic irrigation
• Homeopathy
• Exercise and lifestyle advice
• Counseling
• An healing method specific to the practitioner e.g. massage, kinesiology etc.

Naturopathy concentrates on identifying destructive aspects of the lifestyle in the early phases, when lifestyle changes can occur to bring long-term benefit. Before symptoms manifest and long before a diagnosis can be rendered, these destructive aspects of our lifestyle can be identified and corrected. Once corrected, the body automatically begins to correct itself. Diagnosing disease and illness is totally unnecessary to correcting the underlying problems which result in disease and illness.