What Is Naturopathy?

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Naturopathy is a holistic approach to wellness that uses natural remedies to help the body heal itself.

At the core of naturopathic medicine is a comprehensive focus on utilising natural healing to treat every facet of a patient, and not just the symptoms expressed by them. It addresses root causes of various conditions through a combination of methods.

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Naturopathy supports a person to live a healthy lifestyle. The foundations of naturopathy are based on the importance of natural sunlight, clean air, fresh water, unpolluted earth, healthy environment, stress management, ample exercise, and a healthy diet.

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Unlike pharmaceutical "medicine", naturopathy uses natural medicine that has little to no side-effects when used correctly.

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​Holistic healthcare consists of the following:

• Spiritual wellbeing

• Mental wellbeing

• Physical wellbeing

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Practitioners of naturopathic medicine are known as Naturopaths.

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What naturopaths do:

• Identify issues: Naturopaths use functional tests to identify biochemical imbalances that may be affecting a patient's health. 

• ​Create a treatment plan: Naturopaths use a variety of treatments, including diet and lifestyle changes, herbal medicine, massage, and psychotherapy. 

• Promote healthy living: Naturopaths help patients prevent disease and promote healthy living.

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Naturopathy employs a range of non-invasive techniques and these include (but are not limited to):

• Detoxification

• Nutrition and dietary advice

• Herbal medicine

• Psychotheraphy

• Physiotherapy – such as massage, Bowen, acupressure, bio-puncture or mechanotherapy

• Hydrotherapy

• Kinesiology and integrated bio-dynamics (IBD)

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