What is Naturopathic medicine ?

Naturopathic medicine is a remarkable natural approach to health and healing that acknowledges the integrity of the whole person. Naturopathic medicine is heir to the vitalistic tradition of medicine in the Western world, the emphasis on treating disease by stimulating, enhancing and supporting the inherent healing properties of people. Treatment method chosen to work with the patient's vital force, respecting the intelligence of the natural healing process. 
The practice of naturopathic medicine shows six basic principles of healing. These principles are based on objective observations about the nature of health and illness, and continued again in the light of scientific analysis. These are the principles that characterize the profession from other medical approaches:
(1)Healing power of nature. The body has the inherent ability to establish, maintain and restore health. The healing process is honest and intelligent,natural healing through the reaction of the lifestyle. The role of physicians and to facilitate that process, to act and to identify barriers to health and recovery to eliminate, and the creation of internal and external environment to support healthy.
(2)Identifying and treating the cause.The disease does not occur without reason. Underlying causes of disease must be discovered and removed or treated before a person can fully recover from illness. Symptoms are expressions of the attempt by the body to heal, but not the cause of the disease.Symptoms, not to be suppressed by the treatment. Causes may occur on many levels including physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional. Physicians should evaluate the underlying causes at all levels, directing treatment at root causes than the expression of symptoms.
(3)First do no harm.Disease is an objective process of the organism. The healing process, including the development of symptoms, which in fact an expression of life force attempting to heal itself. Therapeutic actions should be complimentary and synergistic with the healing process.  So those are designed to suppress symptoms without eliminating the causes are considered harmful and should be avoided or minimized.
(4)Treat the whole person.Health and disease are conditions of the organism as a whole, the whole complex of factors involving the interaction of physical, spiritual, mental, emotional, genetic, environmental, social, and others. Doctors should treat the whole person by taking all these factors. Harmonious functioning of all aspects of the individual is very important for rehabilitation and prevention of diseases, and requires a personalized and comprehensive approach to diagnosis and treatment.
(5)The Doctor as teacher. Accurate diagnosis, physicians should work towards a healthy relationship with interpersonal sensitivity to the patient. Cooperative doctor-patient relationship has inherent therapeutic value. The main role of the physician is to educate patients and to take responsibility for promoting health. The physician is a catalyst for healthy change,stimulating and motivating patients to take responsibility. This is a patient, not a doctor, who ultimately make / complete healing. Physicians should strive to inspire hope and understanding. Physicians should also make a commitment to his / her personal and spiritual development to a good teacher.
(6)Prevention. Prevention is the best CURE.The ultimate goal of any health care system should be prevention.This is achieved through education and promoting life-habits that create good health. Doctors assess risk factors and hereditary susceptibility to disease and makes appropriate interventions to prevent further losses and to avoid risks for patients. The emphasis is on building health rather than combating
the disease.

Naturopathy an Alternative therapy

Naturopathy  an Alternative therapy believes in unity of cause of diseases and unity of their treatment. It’s approach is holistic. It treats the body as a complete unit.
So far Naturopathy is concerned, it has it’s three aspects. First is preventive, the second one is curative and the third one is health promotive aspect. When a patient undergoes Naturopathy treatment and peculiarity of approach lies in the fact that, In other systems the patient need not understand the technicalities involved in treatment but in Naturopathy treatment, the patients are required to have a good understanding of the laws governing health and disease. They are grounded well in respect of laws of Nature and are advised to follow them strictly for restoration of health. Health can only be restored or preserved or promoted or prevented from diseases by living in harmony with Nature.
In Naturopathy no drugs or medicines are used. It is believed that diseases are outcome of accumulation of foreign matter in the body and health can be restored by eliminating them. Drugs are considered as add to the already accumulated toxins in body and therefore to be discouraged and eliminated. The manifestations of symptoms are indicative of reaction of the body and the only thing that is required to be done is to keep them through drugs and other means.
As per Indian beliefs our body is made up of five great elements Earth, Water, Sun, Air and Ether. The imbalances among these five elements are responsible for diseases and the treatment of various diseases with the help of these five element is called Nature Cure.
There is a common saying in Naturopathy that all the diseases but not all the patients are curable by Naturopathy. It depends upon vitality of the patients. If sufficient vitality is there in patients, he can be treated successfully irrespective of the type of disease he is suffering from. It is because cure is effected by vitality working within i.e. Nature. However at Naturopathy centers patients generally come for treatment of G.I.T. disorders, Asthma, Cardiac diseases, Obesity, Diabetes, Insomnia, Hypertension, Mental tension, Anxiety, Cold and Cough, Skin diseases and Occupational disorders as a last resort and surprisingly they get improved.
In Naturopathy the methods employed in treatment are quite easy and can even be practiced at home. In fact Naturopathy is a science of living in tune with Nature,hence it is a Alternative therapy . It mainly stresses on natural way of life. It not only frees one from diseases but also educates one how to prevent himself from diseases. The methods generally employed in treatment are Mud Pack, Enema, Hot and Cold fomentation, Hip bath, Steam bath, Hot Foot Bath, Sun Bath, Spinal Bath, Mud Bath and several types of packs etc.
This being a system of healing without medicine, is free from all the sorts of side effects and iatrogenic diseases which are outcome of medicines. Naturopathy therapy is completely safe Alternative therapy for all and beneficial in almost all the disease conditions provided rightly applied.

Why Naturopathy?

Naturopathy focus on maintaining a balance between the human body and the nature. The latent force in the human body and the nature is actually utilized to cure ailments and restoring lost health, vitality and vigour. It thrives to create the positive effect of the five elements of nature on the human body by creating the natural (as made by nature) balance. This is achieved basically by obeying the natural laws and discipline in life so that healing takes place from within. Naturopathy thus uses the inherent latent power inside our body to heal drugless, by aligning the human body to the natural super system, thus creating a positive balance and aligning the vigour in the desired direction.

Naturopathy can cure the following diseases : Chronic Constipation, Migraine and chronic headaches, Dyspepsia, Myopia, Piles, Sinusitis, Impotency (Due to depression), Bronchial Asthma, Insomnia, Ulcers, Hyper-acidity, Amoebiasis, Dysentery, Colitis, Depression, Gastritis, Arthritis, Chronic Bronchitis, Diabetes mellitus, Spondylitices- Cervical and lumber, Allergic Rhinitis, Sciatica, General debility, Mild Schizophrenia, Eosinophilia, Hypertension, Leucorrhoea, Obesity, Heart Disease (Functional) and Menstrual Disorders. Naturopathy is an Alternative therapy and  is very helpful in almost all kinds of life style related and chronic diseases.

Several systems of treatment like Allopathy, Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani and Naturopathy etc. are prevalent in our country and almost all of these are having wide acceptance by public. However, it remains a fact that each system has its own advantages or limitations. No system can claim to be complete in all respects. Therefore the rational approach would be to have an integrated approach in respect of treatment and different system should become complementary to each other in the best interest of suffering masses.

Adopt Naturopathy & Yoga before it’s too late...

Naturopathy is a science and art of drugless system  or Alternative therapy  of healing for healthy living. It teaches us how we should live, what we should eat and how our daily routine should be. Its main emphasis is to change the living habits of people and educate them to adopt healthy lifestyle. It is simple and easy to practice at the same time within the reach of everyone.          

Our body is made up of five natural elements, earth, water, sun, air and sky. Perfect balance of these elements keeps the body in good order. For healthy living our daily activities and dietetic program should be such that balance of these elements continues to be restored.

                 

Naturopathy has evolved out of forest research laboratories of the Sage and the ancient healing traditions. It has a preventative approach to health care and Alternative therapy to other medical streams like Alopathic and Homeopathic. World over, it is now recognized as a valuable and effective treatment for a variety of chronic disorders. Moreover Naturopathic medicine have no side effects.