Lesson 2

• Naturopathy


  Means "nature disease" (Latin)
• Naturopathy


  • Holistic whole body health care system based on the belief that the body has the potential to heal itself
  • Medical practitioners support bodily efforts
  • Central belief: vis medicatrix naturae - healing power of nature
• Hippocrates - diet, exercise, manipulative therapies, hydrotherapy


  400 BCE
• Chadwick - "spread of cholera was due to contaminated drinking water"


  18th and 19th century
• Arnold Rikli - fresh air, sunlight and cold water swimming


  1848
• Dr. Benedict Lust founded the American School of Naturopathy in New York


  1902
• Dr. Lust founded the American Naturopathy Association

  1919
• Key Principles of Naturopathy


  • Promote the healing power of nature
  • Disease is a natural part of nature
  • Promote health and prevent disease
  • The body will heal itself
  • Germs are not the major cause of the disease
  • First, do no harm
• Iridology


  Alternative medicine technique where practitioners claim patterns, colors, and other characteristics of the iris can be examined to determine information about a patient's systemic health
• Mineral Analysis


  Used to re-establish balance of the chemicals in the body and assesses the body's mineral deficiencies and toxin levels
• Naturopathic Treatments


  1. Balancing four major body systems

  2. Education and counseling

  3. Nutrition

  4. Botanicals and traditional medicine

  5. Manipulative therapies

  6. Hydrotherapy
• Hydrotherapy


  Involves the use of water for pain relief and treatment, taking advantage of the physical properties of water, such as temperature and pressure, for therapeutic purposes, to stimulate blood circulation and treat the symptoms of certain diseases