BASICS OF NATUROPATHY
Hello all…!!!!
Today lets us learn the basics of naturopathy
Naturopathy is an art-science of healthy living and a drugless system of healing
based on well-founded philosophy. It has its concept of health and disease and also principles
of treatment. Naturopathy is a very old science. We can find several references in our Vedas
and other ancient texts. The morbid matter theory, the concept of vital force and other
concepts upon which Naturopathy is based are already available in old texts which indicated
that these modalities were widely practised in ancient India.
The fundamental difference of Naturopathy with other system is that its theory
and practice is based on a holistic viewpoint whereas the latter’s approach is specific.
Naturopathy does not believe in the specific cause of disease and its specific treatment but
takes into account the totality of factors responsible for disease such as one’s unnatural habits
in living, thinking, working, sleeping, relaxing, sexual indulgence etc. and also consider the
environmental factors involved which on the whole disturb the normal functioning of the
body and the idea it to a morbid, weak and toxic state. For treatment, it primarily stresses to
correct all the factors involved and allows the body to recover itself.
The Naturopathy helps in Nature’s effort to overcome disease by applying correct natural modalities and controlling the natural forces to work within sheaf limits.
On asking our patients that what does health mean to them …they all answered randomly like the art of living, being happy, being stress-free and so on …and obviously they all were right.
Naturopathy deals with all this stuff only. It deals in three stages, that is physical, psychological and spiritual.
Let me give you an example…..if you remember a scene from the famous Movie “Munnabhai mbbs” when the dean comes on the first day of the lecture …and he asks students that what would you do with a patient ….so you all know how different answers the students give.
As we come to know that the allopathic treatment is only concerned with the body of the patient whereas in naturopathy, we become friends with the patients ..understand their psychological behaviour and then we treat them accordingly.
Medicines alone cannot be the treatment for anything, instead one should understand patients behaviour, thinking and then treat them which will be more fruitful for the patient, so because of this patient will open up more and share their heart out to you which will help you in the treatment.
Naturopathy basically works according to the toxins. Each and every one of us have toxins in their body even if we consume healthy food only. These toxins in your body gradually turn into an acute disease and when the acute disease also increases gradually turns into a chronic disease. So chronic disease is not a new thing, it is just that if the acute disease is not cured of the root then it turns into a chronic disease like blood pressure, sugar problem, cancer, thyroid, digestion problem etc. We can say that problems like blood pressure and sugar are not diseases but it is a lifestyle which is controllable or curable using naturopathy..!!
So that’s it for today …I hope you all are now familiar with the basics of naturopathy.