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What is a Traditional Naturopath?
What a Traditional naturopath does NOT do
Allopathic naturopathy & its results
Facts about licensure
The truth about "grandfathering"
How to protect Traditional Naturopathy
What's wrong with the AANP

What is a Traditional Naturopath?

Although the term "Naturopathy" originated in the late 19th century, the art can be traced back through Germany into Greece, to Hippocrates himself, and even beyond. There have always been people who understood that healing occurs naturally in the human body, if it is given what it truly needs -- proper diet, pure water, fresh air, sunlight, exercise, and rest. For these people, the emphasis has not been on finding a disease and killing it, but rather on helping the body establish its own state of good health. Today, these people are known as Traditional Naturopaths. Traditional Naturopaths recognize that allopathic health care is, at times, necessary. They also know that many people can maintain good health through the use of naturopathy.

What a Traditional naturopath does NOT do.

A Traditional naturopath avoids procedures common to medical care. Among them are: diagnosing disease, treating disease, prescribing drugs and pharmaceuticals, and performing invasive procedures. In determining the root cause of a client's problems, Traditional Naturopaths do not diagnose or treat disease, but instead focus on health and education. They teach clients how to create an internal and an external environment that is conducive to good health, enabling the clients to make their own choices. Traditional naturopathy is not a medical practice. Major and minor surgery, prescribing drugs and pharmaceuticals, giving injections and drawing blood should be limited to medical doctors only and not performed within the scope of naturopathy.

Position Papers: Naturopathy

What is a Traditional Naturopath?

What a Traditional naturopath does NOT do.

| Licensing is Bad Medicine | History |
| Naturopathy v. Naturopathic Medicine | Traditional Naturopathy |
| Position Papers: Nutrition |




		Position Papers: Naturopathy What is a Traditional Naturopath? What a Traditional naturopath does NOT do Allopathic naturopathy & its results Facts about licensure The truth about "grandfathering" How to protect Traditional Naturopathy What's wrong with the AANP What is a Traditional Naturopath? Although the term "Naturopathy" originated in the late 19th century, the art can be traced back through Germany into Greece, to Hippocrates himself, and even beyond. There have always been people who understood that healing occurs naturally in the human body, if it is given what it truly needs -- proper diet, pure water, fresh air, sunlight, exercise, and rest. For these people, the emphasis has not been on finding a disease and killing it, but rather on helping the body establish its own state of good health. Today, these people are known as Traditional Naturopaths. Traditional Naturopaths recognize that allopathic health care is, at times, necessary. They also know that many people can maintain good health through the use of naturopathy. What a Traditional naturopath does NOT do. A Traditional naturopath avoids procedures common to medical care. Among them are: diagnosing disease, treating disease, prescribing drugs and pharmaceuticals, and performing invasive procedures. In determining the root cause of a client's problems, Traditional Naturopaths do not diagnose or treat disease, but instead focus on health and education. They teach clients how to create an internal and an external environment that is conducive to good health, enabling the clients to make their own choices. Traditional naturopathy is not a medical practice. Major and minor surgery, prescribing drugs and pharmaceuticals, giving injections and drawing blood should be limited to medical doctors only and not performed within the scope of naturopathy. \| Licensing is Bad Medicine \| History \| \| Naturopathy v. Naturopathic Medicine \| Traditional Naturopathy \| \| Position Papers: Nutrition \|
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Position Papers: Naturopathy

What is a Traditional Naturopath?

What a Traditional naturopath does NOT do.

| Licensing is Bad Medicine | History | | Naturopathy v. Naturopathic Medicine | Traditional Naturopathy | | Position Papers: Nutrition |

| Licensing is Bad Medicine | History |
| Naturopathy v. Naturopathic Medicine | Traditional Naturopathy |
| Position Papers: Nutrition |