What is naturopathy?

Naturopathy is an empowering model of health care that supports a person to heal via education, diet and lifestyle changes and natural medicines. The latter may include herbal tinctures or teas, homeopathy or nutrient supplements.

The body doesn’t ever want to be sick, in fact it is always trying to move toward balance. There are a number of systems in place that seek to achieve this; the elimination pathways of the liver, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract and lymphatic systems work all day to clear waste products from external and internal sources. However today’s world increases the load on these pathways via environmental toxins from food, air and water as well as in increase in lifestyle stress. Health now is about mitigating these factors.

Naturopathy provides education and tools to the individual to identify the root cause of illness and support implementation of the fundamentals of health. In this way, chronic conditions as well as acute are well suited to naturopathic treatment.

In the image below, note the roots at the bottom of the tree which provide the foundation for health. This is what a naturopath will help a person work on in order to heal and to stay healthy.