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Basic Principles of Complementary/ Alternative Therapies

JUST AS MAINSTREAM MEDICINE has a fairly consistent approach to illness, so does al-ternative medicine. Most prevalent in alternative medicine are the six naturopathic principles. In one form or another, these principles are revisited again and again throughout Section Two of this text. The following principles are described by Dr. Catherine Downey and excerpted from her chapter on naturopathic medicine.

1. The Healing Power of Nature (Vis medicatix naturae)

The body has the inherent ability to establish, maintain and restore health. The healing process is ordered and intelligent: nature heals through the response of the life force. The physician’s role is to facilitate and augment this process, to act to identify and remove obstacles to health and recovery, and to support the creation of a healthy internal and external environment. In short, give the body the appropriate tools and it will heal itself. Read the rest of this entry »

Depression- The naturopathic Medicine Approach

I suffer from severe depression- Can Naturopathic Medicine help me?

How is it possible that someone that has been suffering for years and, taken a myriad of prescription medicines, would respond to something as simple as natural medicines?

The main differentiation between treating depression with holistic medicine versus prescription drugs is actually not in the medicines themselves, but in the approach to diagnosis.  At any given time we may see ten different patients labeled as suffering from Depression and yet our treatment approach will radically differ from one to the next.

During the last decade, the media and health food industry have presented a number of natural substances as great “holistic remedies” for depression.   Some examples are St John’s Wort, SAM-E and B Vitamins.  While the motivation is sincere, they missed the point of what true healing (cure) entails.

The role of a good naturopathic physician is that of a ‘Medical Sherlock Holmes’:  to investigate hidden clues for the imbalances in the individual’s body chemistry.  Just like the famous detective, we find subtle clues that guide us to a proper diagnosis and the “right treatment”, which is always highly individualized for each patient. Read the rest of this entry »

Acne Management – Individual Way to Get Unqualified Rind

Today, model matters a lot. But in this rivalrous world umpteen people are coat acne peel disease. They try every facial treatment to surmount it. But do you cogitate that these rattling succeed? Several may be convert but, it’s only for temporary point. There is exclusive one enduring solution of this disease and that is acne communication.

Cured, let’s perceive out types of this disease. Acne types are as follows.

1) The initial typewrite is humble acne. It vindicatory a teentsy blister which is arises on your lineament or may be on your spout. It faculty be gain if you not uprise straitlaced handling. Read the rest of this entry »