Naturopathic Medicine

Naturopathic medicine is a system of healthcare that blends modern scientific knowledge with traditional and natural forms of medicine.

Naturopathic medicine centres on treating the whole person. That is, a Naturopathic Doctors will investigate in all factors that may affect your health to understand the source of your health problem(s), thus treating the root causes of illness, not just the symptoms.

Symptoms you experience are your body’s way of communicating to you that something is out of balance. For example, a headache could be sign of nutrition deficiency, hormone imbalance, or food sensitivity. By understanding the cause of the headache you can deal with the cause vs taking a painkiller to temporarily block pain.  Naturopathic medicine (NM), attempts not only to manage symptoms but also to realign your body and to alleviate the cause of disease.

What are the benefits of Naturopathic medicine?

The benefits of incorporating Naturopathic medicine into your lifestyle are many and far-reaching.

Here are just a few great reasons to embrace Naturopathic medicine:

• To maintain and optimize health and prevent illness
• Increase energy
• Reduce stress
• Relieve pain
• Avoid or reduce long term consequences of being on prescription drugs
• Discover long-term solutions to chronic ailments
• Reach and maintain an ideal weight
• Achieve a higher level of fitness
• Recover quickly from illness and other challenges
• Gain balance – mental, physical and emotional