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Naturopathic Naturopathic MedicineMedicine

What is it?What is it?Naturopathic Medicine blends Naturopathic Medicine blends centuries-old natural, non-toxic centuries-old natural, non-toxic therapies with current advances in therapies with current advances in the study of health and human the study of health and human systems. systems.

The Six PrinciplesThe Six Principles

1) The Healing Power of Nature.1) The Healing Power of Nature. Naturopathic Doctors believe that Naturopathic Doctors believe that the natural state of the body is to be the natural state of the body is to be healthy. Our jobs are to help the healthy. Our jobs are to help the patient identify and remove patient identify and remove obstacles to healing and allow the obstacles to healing and allow the body to heal itself.body to heal itself.

The Six PrinciplesThe Six Principles

2) Identify and Treat the Causes. 2) Identify and Treat the Causes. The Naturopath seeks to identify The Naturopath seeks to identify and remove underlying causes of and remove underlying causes of illness, rather than to merely illness, rather than to merely eliminate or suppress symptoms.eliminate or suppress symptoms.

Symptoms as messengersSymptoms as messengers

Naturopathic Medicine attempts to find the Naturopathic Medicine attempts to find the

underlyingunderlying cause of the patient’s condition.cause of the patient’s condition.

Much of modern medicine, conventional and Much of modern medicine, conventional and alternative is focused on symptom management. alternative is focused on symptom management. Often this means neglecting the possibility of an Often this means neglecting the possibility of an underlying cause.underlying cause.

Symptoms are messengers, and what happens Symptoms are messengers, and what happens when we shoot the messenger? We don’t know when we shoot the messenger? We don’t know from where the message came.from where the message came.

The Six PrinciplesThe Six Principles

3) First Do No Harm.3) First Do No Harm.The Naturopathic Doctor implements this third The Naturopathic Doctor implements this third rule with the following preceptsrule with the following precepts

Utilize methods and medical substances Utilize methods and medical substances which minimize the risk of harmful side which minimize the risk of harmful side effects.effects.

Avoid when possible the harmful suppression Avoid when possible the harmful suppression of symptoms.of symptoms.

Acknowledge, respect and work with the Acknowledge, respect and work with the individual’s self-healing process.individual’s self-healing process.

The Six PrinciplesThe Six Principles

4) Doctor As Teacher.4) Doctor As Teacher.As Doctor’s we not only believe it is As Doctor’s we not only believe it is our job to help people improve their our job to help people improve their health, it is also our job to educate health, it is also our job to educate them so they can be responsible for them so they can be responsible for their own health as well.their own health as well.

Encouraging self-responsibility for Encouraging self-responsibility for one’s health is a major goal for the one’s health is a major goal for the Naturopathic Doctor.Naturopathic Doctor.

The Six PrinciplesThe Six Principles

5) Treat the Whole Person5) Treat the Whole PersonThis is achieved by taking into account This is achieved by taking into account individual physical, mental, emotional, individual physical, mental, emotional, genetic, environmental, social and genetic, environmental, social and spiritual factors.spiritual factors.

The Six PrinciplesThe Six Principles

6) Prevention6) PreventionPrevention involves assessing individual Prevention involves assessing individual risk factors, heredity and susceptibility to risk factors, heredity and susceptibility to disease and making appropriate disease and making appropriate interventions in partnership with the interventions in partnership with the patients to prevent illness.patients to prevent illness.

How are ND’s How are ND’s trained?trained?

Naturopathic Medical colleges are Naturopathic Medical colleges are four-year, graduate level medical four-year, graduate level medical schools with admission schools with admission requirements comparable to those requirements comparable to those of other medical schools. The of other medical schools. The Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine degree (ND) is awarded after degree (ND) is awarded after classroom, clinic and practical study. classroom, clinic and practical study.

ND’s are trained in ND’s are trained in medical sciences medical sciences

includingincludingAnatomyAnatomyNeurologyNeurologyPathologyPathologyObstetricsObstetricsPharmacologyPharmacologyLab diagnosisLab diagnosisCardiologyCardiologyBiochemistryBiochemistryMinor surgeryMinor surgery

ImmunologyImmunologyPediatricsPediatricsClinical and physical Clinical and physical

diagnosisdiagnosisPhysiologyPhysiologyRadiologyRadiologyMicrobiologyMicrobiologyGynecologyGynecologyDermatologyDermatology

What NDs doWhat NDs do

Clinical NutritionClinical Nutrition

This refers to both the practice of using This refers to both the practice of using food to heal people and using food to food to heal people and using food to maintain optimal health.maintain optimal health.

Nutritional supplements are often Nutritional supplements are often employed to further help people optimize employed to further help people optimize nutritional intake for their particular needs.nutritional intake for their particular needs.

What NDs DoWhat NDs Do

HomeopathyHomeopathy

Homeopathy is a form of medicine that Homeopathy is a form of medicine that uses extremely diluted preparations of uses extremely diluted preparations of substances to cure illness.substances to cure illness.

As a medicine, it is unparalleled in its As a medicine, it is unparalleled in its ability to effect people on a physical, ability to effect people on a physical, mental and emotional level while at the mental and emotional level while at the same time having virtually no side same time having virtually no side effects or drug interactions.effects or drug interactions.

What NDs DoWhat NDs Do

Botanical MedicineBotanical Medicine

Plant substances are safe and Plant substances are safe and powerful tools in the treatment of powerful tools in the treatment of many illnesses. many illnesses.

Most modern pharmaceuticals are Most modern pharmaceuticals are originally derived from plant originally derived from plant compounds.compounds.

The Egg of HealthThe Egg of Health

An Even TableAn Even Table

A Holographic ModelA Holographic Model

Bohm’s idea of a holographic UniverseBohm’s idea of a holographic Universe

A small fragment of a piece of A small fragment of a piece of holographic film contains all the holographic film contains all the information recorded in the wholeinformation recorded in the whole

The Holographic MindThe Holographic Mind

This concept was first applied by Karl Pribam in This concept was first applied by Karl Pribam in an effort to understand how memories were an effort to understand how memories were stored in the brain.stored in the brain.

Partial areas of a rat’s brain were removed, yet Partial areas of a rat’s brain were removed, yet the animal could still recall learned tasks.the animal could still recall learned tasks.

No matter which area was removed the rats No matter which area was removed the rats could still remember the waycould still remember the way

The Holographic UniverseThe Holographic Universe

Bohm believed the universe is composed Bohm believed the universe is composed of a similar holographic nature.of a similar holographic nature.

If this is the case, all things created If this is the case, all things created embody all the information of the embody all the information of the universe.universe.

The Holographic UniverseThe Holographic Universe

This holographic model creates a This holographic model creates a seamless fabric between all the parts of seamless fabric between all the parts of the universethe universe

All matter, energy and sub-atomic All matter, energy and sub-atomic particles are intimately connectedparticles are intimately connected

The Holographic ModelThe Holographic Model

Consciousness is a more subtle form of Consciousness is a more subtle form of mattermatter

Scientific experiments have shown the Scientific experiments have shown the ability of consciousness to effect the ability of consciousness to effect the behavior of sub-atomic particles like behavior of sub-atomic particles like electronselectrons

The Holographic ModelThe Holographic Model

The holographic model postulates that The holographic model postulates that consciousness and matter are not consciousness and matter are not interacting as separate entities, but in interacting as separate entities, but in fact are one in the same.fact are one in the same.

The Mind Body The Mind Body ConnectionConnection

If our bodies are matter and our thoughts, If our bodies are matter and our thoughts, emotions and consciousness are matter, emotions and consciousness are matter, is there any question that our mind and is there any question that our mind and body are intimately connectedbody are intimately connected

Every thing in our consciousness has the Every thing in our consciousness has the ability to effect our physical stateability to effect our physical state

HomeopathyHomeopathy

PhsyconeuroimmunologyPhsyconeuroimmunology

Candice Pert and the “Molecules of emotion”Candice Pert and the “Molecules of emotion”

The physiologic reactions to the mental state The physiologic reactions to the mental state are clearly understoodare clearly understood

Relations to stress, cortisol and immune Relations to stress, cortisol and immune function are clearly establishedfunction are clearly established

Laughter and endorphins are connectedLaughter and endorphins are connected