Naturopathic medicine and its healing arts by Clare Garcia

Naturopaths must master a variety of long respected healing arts. In practice, they integrate these healing arts to best meet the needs of each patient.

Botanical Medicine: Plants have been used as medicine for thousands of years and are the basis for many pharmaceutical drugs. Personalized formulas address the patient’s issues better than pre-packaged store-bought brands.

Nutrition: Our polluted environment and high stress jobs deplete our body of its resources. Taking the proper vitamins and eating well can prevent illness. Food as medicine is an accepted therapy for many of today’s medical conditions.

Homeopathy: This therapy uses the laws of nature to stimulate the body to heal. Regular drugs produce side effects and may even damage the body. Homeopathy is based on the law of like cures like. This system eliminates symptoms from the body permanently.

Hydrotherapy: This therapy uses hot and cold applications to stimulate the body to heal. A hydrotherapy session can be very relaxing, releasing the body from its depleting high stress state.

Mind-Body Medicine: Many physical issues are manifested from psychological or spiritual crises. Meditation techniques, energy work, and spiritual counseling are valid and effective tools for these situations.