Naturopathic medicine is a system that uses natural remedies to help the body heal itself. It embraces many therapies, including herbs, massage, acupuncture, exercise, and nutritional counseling.
What is Naturopathic Medicine?
Naturopathic doctors take a scientific, evidence-based approach, for an individualized and effective form of holistic medical care. Diagnostic assessment methods offered include blood laboratory testing such as food sensitivity testing, as well as physical examination. Treatment approaches include acupuncture & traditional Chinese medicine, herbal medicine, clinical nutrition & diet, lifestyle & mental health counseling, homeopathy and physical medicine including manipulation.
Naturopathic Medicine is a distinct system of primary health care that uses natural therapies to support and stimulate the body’s own ability to heal itself. Naturopathic medicine’s philosophy is to address the root cause of any illness or disease and to use an integrated approach to disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Naturopathic doctors use a scientific and research- based approach in their diagnosis and guide their patients to use their own innate healing powers in their individual treatments
Conditions that Naturopathic doctors treat?
• Neurological concerns: post stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury
• Musculoskeletal concerns: neck pain, low back pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis
• Immune alterations: allergies, systemic autoimmune diseases, chronic infections, rheumatoid arthritis
• Hormone imbalances: infertility, premenstrual syndrome, premature menopause, thyroid diseases, stress
• Metabolism diseases: hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, metabolism syndrome, obesity
• gastrointestinal disease: gastroesophageal reflux disease，hypochlorhydria，irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, constipation
• Skin concerns: acne, eczema, psoriasis
• Mental health: anxiety, depression
• Environmental heavy metal deposition