What is Naturopathy?
Naturopathy is included in the field of Alternative Medicine and is applied when there is a previous medical diagnosis. It is designed to complement and support traditional medicine. He conceives the disease as a set of imbalances in the patient's energy field, and for this reason he does not focus only on alleviating the symptoms but on helping the organic and emotional set to achieve the or cure.
It is based on the vital capacity of the organism to regenerate itself, and looks for the cause of the origin of the disease, instead of only seeking symptomatic relief. Mainly, it tries to stimulate the self-healing and recovery capacities of each person, taking care of their diet, the elimination of toxins, the stimulation of their immune system, etc. Naturopathy is based on the rules of common sense and the harmony of living with the environment.
Assuming that the human body is a body with all the defense mechanisms necessary for its survival, naturopathy gives it the means to use all its internal and external resources to make it self-sufficient.
The body has the ability to regenerate itself. Through simple natural means, it is possible to regain and maintain health by observing a proper lifestyle. Naturopathy proposes a holistic treatment that covers the entire body and not just a part of it. It means "natural healing" and comprises therapeutic modalities that guide the human body towards its original state of balance. As a basis to prepare the ground for healing, it relies on auxiliary elements, with very few side effects, that nature offers us.
Here we will name some of them:
- Phytotherapy: Use of medicinal plants in different presentations, infusions, plasters, capsules, decoctions, tinctures, oleates ...
- Chiromassage: Therapeutic massage performed directly with the hands without the intervention of supplementary devices whose purpose is to alleviate and improve the various disorders of the patient.
- Trace elements: Trace elements are chemical substances that are found in small amounts in the body to intervene in its metabolism. These chemical elements, mostly metals, are essential for the proper functioning of cells.
- : Flower Therapy is a natural treatment system, composed of flower essences. It is a holistic energy therapy that helps restore health, helping to harmonize dysfunctions in the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual fields of all living beings.
- Aromatherapy: Essential oils are products distilled from naturally aromatic plant substances found in flowers, fruits, roots, barks and seeds. It is an effective, quality natural therapy that perfectly complements other alternative therapies.
- Acupuncture: Ancient oriental technique that restores the body's energy balance through the use of needles at different points on the body. These points are distributed throughout the body through the path of the meridians (energy channels). The stimulation of these points will result in the restoration and balance of the body's energy to regain health.
- Auriculopuncture: It is applied to the ear using fine needles such as those used for acupuncture at points related to a disease process.
- : The objective of Reflexology is to maintain the health of the organs, systems or structures through the appropriate stimulation applied to their corresponding microreflexes located on the feet. Through the reflexological technique, it is possible to establish the natural balance of energy, the proper functioning of organs and glands.
- Reiki: An ancient and deeply simple system that is used to relieve pain and achieve a state of relaxation that is beneficial to the body.
- Iridology: It is above all a diagnostic method, it consists of reading in the iris (the part of the vascular membrane of the eyeball that gives the eye its color) the signs of certain disorders or diseases of the body.
What is Naturopathy for?
Naturopathy is the modern response to a deep human need, a change in attitude towards a comprehensive understanding of health and disease, and a change in treatments to make them more effective and less harmful. It does not act alone, it does so in collaboration with the conventional doctor, trying to enhance the effects of the treatment, strengthen the terrain and improve the general condition of the patient. Naturopathy uses natural and holistic health methods, helping healthy people to avoid disease and sick people to regain their health so that they can enjoy a normally active life.
To do this, he analyzes the patient's condition and the origin of his illness, advising him on the pertinent changes in his way of life or in his personal care, so that he can regain health. Thus it manages to reinforce the organic defenses and restore the vital fluid, balancing it both physically and psychically. Naturopathy is a different way of living in which the patient becomes aware of his own responsibility towards his health and takes charge of his healing. Collaborating Naturopathy with conventional Medicine, it is possible to achieve what is really intended: the authentic improvement of the health of Humanity.
(Updated at Apr 14 / 2024)