| Naturopathic medicine is a natural | | | | one of the first advocates of naturopathic |
| alternative form of medicine that is also | | | | medicine. In Scotland during the 1880s, a |
| known as naturopathy. It is used as a form of | | | | Doctor Allinson started promoting a natural |
| alternative medicine, or in tandem with more | | | | form of medicine along with diet, exercise, |
| traditional and modern forms of medicine. | | | | plenty of rest, and the avoidance of tobacco |
| Naturopathic medicine emphasizes and works | | | | and overworking. |
| with the body's ability to heal itself, which | | | | |
| practitioners of natural medicines believe is | | | | In America, the term naturopathy was coined |
| an innate power in all living things. | | | | by John Scheel, sometime before the turn of |
| Naturopathic practice may include different | | | | the century, and used by a man called |
| modalities such as acupuncture, acupressure, | | | | Benedict Lust. Lust was well-schooled in a |
| cleansing the colon regularly, hypnosis, | | | | form of natural medicine called hydrotherapy |
| herbal teas, and a variety of other natural | | | | as well as a few other forms of natural |
| remedies. | | | | health in by a German priest called Father |
| | | | Kneipp who in turn sent Lust to America to |
| Practitioners emphasize a more natural or | | | | bring them Kneipp's methods of natural |
| holistic approach to a patient's care, and a | | | | healing. In the very early 1900s Lust founded |
| good holistic doctor may also recommend that | | | | the American School of Naturopathy. Situated |
| his or her patient's use modern forms of | | | | in New York, it was the first naturopathic |
| medical treatment along with the natural | | | | college in the United States. Lust took |
| treatments. Practitioners of Naturopathic | | | | pains to promote the profession and help make |
| medicine usually prefer not to use invasive | | | | the passage of licensing laws in many states |
| methods, such as surgery, or any of synthetic | | | | just before 1935 and help to found several |
| pills and other such drugs preferring to use | | | | more naturopathic colleges. |
| natural remedies such as herbs and foods in | | | | |
| their whole and non-chemically processed | | | | Unfortunately, interest in naturopathic |
| forms. Practitioners from accredited schools | | | | medicine began to decline, along with many of |
| of Naturopathy are trained to use many of the | | | | the other natural health professions, after |
| diagnostic tests, such as blood tests, before | | | | the 1930s due to the discovery of penicillin |
| deciding upon a course of treatment. | | | | and the discovery of synthetic drugs. |
| | | | |
| If the patient does not improve with the | | | | After Lust's death the conflicts developed |
| naturopathic treatments, they are referred to | | | | amongst the various schools of natural |
| doctors in the standard field of medical care | | | | medicine, and with the rise of new medical |
| to help treat the illness or other condition. | | | | technology, these were all contributing |
| The origins of Naturopathy arises from a | | | | factors for the seeming death nell for the |
| number of medicine practices from around the | | | | future of homeopathic and other forms of |
| world, including Ayurveda, which began in | | | | natural medicine. |
| India, and Nature Cure which originates in | | | | |
| Europe. Naturopathy is practiced in many | | | | Fortunately, Naturopathic medicine never |
| countries but is subject to different | | | | completely ceased to exist, and has began to |
| standards and levels of acceptance. | | | | see a revival in the late 20th and early 21st |
| | | | centuries. There are now many accredited |
| The Greek known as Hippocrates, also called | | | | schools offering 4 year degrees in Natural |
| the "Father of Medicine", is considered to be | | | | medicine. |