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Naturopathic Medicine

Naturopathic medicine is an umbrella term for several traditions of natural healing whose main concern is healthy living and nutrition. Its principles differ in many ways from those of classical homeopathy, but its clinical recommendations can be used to complement homeopathic treatment.

The Distinction Between Classical Homeopathy and Naturopathic Medicine

Homeopathy is very often confused with other systems of alternative medicine.

The first reason is that the term “homeopathy” is little-known and is often confused with other, similar-sounding terms. But underlying this linguistic confusion is the fact that most people know little more than what they pick up from the media. This state of confusion extends even to many patients … Read more →

The Influence of Vitalism on Naturopathic Medicine

The philosophical perspective on which the naturopathic clinical approach is based is that of vitalism. According to vitalist philosophy, living beings are not machines running according to strict cause-and-effect relations, but are beings whose existence is guided by a single vital force.

This runs contrary to the “mechanistic” view underlying conventional medicine, which is based on the principle that it … Read more →