NATUROPATHY Flashcards
translates as Nature Disease
Naturopathy
Naturopathy is a term, coined in the late 1890s by
German priest
Sebastian Kneipp
It emphasizes the healing power of nature including forces such as light, heat, air, and water.
Naturopathy
It focuses primarily on maintaining and restoring health rather than on treating disease.
Naturopathy
Naturopathy was popularized by
________, who was treated by
Kneipp
Dr.Benedict Lust
purportedly purchased the rights to naturopathic medicine from one of Kneipp’s students.
Dr.Benedict Lust
Dr. Lust founded the first naturopathic
medicine college
the American Institute
of Naturopathy, in New York City in 1902
oldest school offered medicine
UST
managed by priest
attends a four-year
graduate-level naturopathic medical school and must take board exams and be licensed by a state as a primary care general practice physician.
A licensed naturopathic physician (ND)
It is a distinct system of medicine with its own pharmacopeia and principles of practice.
Homeopathy
The principle of homeopathy is
“like cures like,”
or the “law of similar.”
Homeopathy was developed in the early 1800s by the German physician _________,
who coined the term “allopath”
Samuel Hahnemann
means a synonym for conventional
medicine.
Allopath
Homeopathic drugs are approved with the publication of
a monograph by the
Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia
Convention of the United States (HPCUS) in the HPUS.
Republic Act 9711
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Act of 2009
