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Naturopathic Medicine vs Conventional Medicinehome > alternative health > naturopathic medicineNaturopathy is a deeply involved practice of alternative health care. Developed during the early part of the twentieth century, naturopathy brings focus away from patriarchal, conventional medicine to healing through whole foods, vitamins, minerals and herbs. That is where the similarity ends as naturopathic education focuses on treatment through natural, or alternative means and not by conventional pharmaceutical treatments or invasive medical techniques. Conventional ideology in which the doctor is responsible for treating and curing his or her patients seems starkly out of place in a naturopathic practice, in which patients are encouraged to consider their own health, investigating connections between their environment, lifestyle and diet and any conditions or diseases from which they suffer. The patient and the naturopath pursue a relationship in which the patient becomes increasingly responsible for understanding and making these connections. At times, many conventional doctors treat their patients' symptoms, often neglecting the cause of the patient's illness. A naturopathic physician treats the whole person, seeking and treating the root of the illness that so that the affective symptoms disappear with effective and natural treatment of the cause. In addition, many conventional doctors will treat a patient based on his or her laboratory tests, a naturopathic physician will treat a patient based on the improvement of his or her symptoms, never resting until the patient feels healed. For instance, a conventional doctor will most likely treat a patient suffering from autoimmune-related thyroid disease with thyroid medication, while a naturopathic physician will treat the same patient by addressing the immune system, effectively treating the cause, not the symptom of the illness. A naturopathic treatment plan often includes dietary changes with strong encouragement to forgo processed foods in favor of whole foods. Treatment plans also include vitamin, mineral and herbal supplementation specifically chosen to support and heal the body's organs and immune system. Certainly, pursuing naturopathic care requires hard and diligent work among patients, but it can be enormously successful in healing the body-leading not only to better health, but a better lifestyle as well. |
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