NATUROPATHYWHAT IS NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE?Naturopathic Medicine is a distinct system of healing... a philosophy, science and art of practice which seeks to promote health through education of right living and the rational use of natural agents. Naturopathic Medicine is a modern version of the Hippocratic Empiric therapeutic philosophy founded on respect for the organism's self healing capacity. The human body possesses tremendous power to heal itself through the balancing mechanism of homeostasis. The Naturopathic Physician uses those therapeutic substances and techniques, which stimulate and support the body's self-healing processes. Naturopathy does not overpower the body. The physician assists the healing efforts that the body naturally produces. Naturopathic Medicine is a holistic approach to health in treating the whole person; the naturopath searches for causes at many levels and attempts to eliminate the fundamental cause of illness, not simply to remove symptoms. THE NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANThe naturopathic physician is trained as a general practitioner able to provide a wide range of individual, family and community health care services to persons of all ages. Naturopathic physicians practice preventive medicine by using natural therapies to promote optimum health and by helping people to understand how the choices they make about their lives have an effect on their health. Dr. Tom Glew, BSc, NDDr. Glew is a Naturopathic Physician practicing since 1982 in Vancouver. He attended the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon for four years after graduating from UBC and working in research for five years. He is married and enjoying the rigors of parenting a teenage son. More about Dr. Glew... |
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