Naturopathy And Homeopathy Flashcards
What is naturopathy?
It belongs to what?
It is founded as what?
Modern naturopathy is considered a blend of what?
- Naturopathy is a medical system that has evolved from a combination of traditional practices and health care approaches.
- It belongs to the CAM as a distinct Western healthcare practice; founded as a formal healthcare system by a variety of natural therapeutic disciplines.
- Modern naturopathy is also considered a blend of numerous alternative medicine practices.
- Some of these practices have been considered by healthcare professionals as being pseudoscientific.
Naturopathy is of what origin?
The principles of naturopathy were first used by what?
The Greek philosopher Hippocrates believed in what?
Naturopaths trace their origins to what? The term naturopathy was coined in what year but what? And purchased by who? Who is the Father of US Naturopathy?
What did he do?
Naturopathy is of European Origin.
The principles of Naturopathy were first used by the Hippocratic School of Medicine in about 400 BC.
The Greek philosopher Hippocrates believed in viewing the whole person in regards to finding a cause of disease, and using the laws of nature to induce cure.
Naturopaths trace their origins to the Natural Cure Medicine and Hygienic Medicine Movements in Europe.
The term naturopathy was coined in 1895 by John Scheel, and purchased by Benedict Lust, whom naturopaths consider to be the “Father of U.S. Naturopathy”.
Lust expanded the definition of naturopathy as a broad discipline rather than a particular method.
Naturopathic practice is based on what?
Modern practitioners also consider what?
What are the four foundational elements of a healthy life?
Body Heal Thy Self”
• Naturopathic practice is based on a belief in the body’s ability to heal itself through a special vital energy or force guiding bodily processes internally.
• Modern practitioners also consider the practice as a way of life and not just a system of healing.
• Four foundational elements of a healthy life
• Right conduct
• Right thinking
• Right food habits
• Right daily routine
What is vix medicatrix naturae?
What is nature cure?
What is the belief of nature cure?
In nature cure what are the three basic concept of disease states?
vis medicatrix naturae
“The Latin alone can cure your disease”
• Nature cure is a constructive method of treatment, which aims at removing the basic cause of disease through the rational use of the elements freely available in nature.
• These elements are fire, water, earth, wind and space.
• The belief is that:
• All the diseases arise due to accumulation of morbid matter in the body
• The human body possesses inherent self constructing and self healing powers.
• The 3 basic concept of disease state:
• Accumulation of morbid (waste & toxic) matter
• Abnormalcompositionofblood&lymph
• Lowered vitality
Nature cure states there is no specific cause for what ?
It looks at what factors?
• • There is no specific cause for each disease and hence no specific treatment exist. It looks at all the factors responsible for diseases, which include: • The individuals unnatural habits in: • Living • Thinking • Working • Sleeping • Relaxation • Sexualindulgence • The environmental factors involved. • All these disturbs normal functioning of body leading to a morbid, weak & toxic state
What are the fundamental principles of nature care
The Fundamental Principles
-The healing power of nature- nature has the innate ability to heal
-Identify and treat the cause – there is always an underlying cause, be it
physical or emotional
-Do no harm- a Naturopath will never use treatments that may create other conditions
-Treat the whole person- when preparing a treatment plan, all aspects of a person’s being are taken into consideration
-The Naturopath as a teacher – a Naturopath empowers the patient to take responsibility for his/her own health by teaching self-care
-Prevention is better than cure – a Naturopath may remove toxic substances and situations from a patient’s lifestyle to prevent the onset of further disease
Explain the principles under nature cure that All disease, their cause and their treatment are one, The basic cause of disease is not bacteria, Acute diseases are our friends not the enemies, Nature is the greatest healer
• All disease, their cause and their treatment are one:
• All forms of disease are due to a single cause, i.e. accumulation of waste
(morbid) materials and bodily refuse in the system.
• The only way to cure the diseases is to employ methods, which will enable
the system to throw off these toxic accumulations
• The basic cause of disease is not bacteria:
• Bacteria develops after the accumulation of morbid matter, which
provides a favourable atmosphere for their growth.
• Basic cause is morbid matter and not the bacteria.
• If one practices righteous living, no bacteria can cause any disease
Acute diseases are our friends not the enemies:
• All acute diseases such as fever, cold, inflammation, digestive disturbances and skin eruptions are nothing more than self initiated efforts on the part of the body to throw off the accumulated waste materials.
• Acute diseases are our friends not the enemies:
• Chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, rheumatism, asthma, kidney disorders, etc. are the outcome of wrong treatment and suppression of the acute diseases.
- Nature is the greatest healer:
- Body has the capacity to prevent itself from diseases & regain health
- The role of a Naturopath is just to help the body in regaining back and fully developing its natural healing capacity
Explain the principles under nature cure that In •
Naturopathy, patient is treated and not the disease:,in Naturopathy diagnosis is easily done, Chronic ailments can be treated successfully; this treatment can take slightly long time
In •
Naturopathy, patient is treated and not the disease:
The successful treatment of a patient depends on 5 factors:
• How much morbid matter is there in patient’s body?
• How much is the vital life force of the patient?
• Howmuchpatiencedoesthepatienthave?
• Howstrongthemedication/operationthepatienthasalreadygonethrough?
• HowmuchbeliefdoesthepatienthaveinNaturopathytreatment?
Naturopathy diagnosis is easily done:
Long wait for diagnosis is not required Only thing that is required for diagnosis:
Morbid matter is accumulated in locations (front, back, side, whole body) or organ (heart, kidney, liver, stomach, intestine, etc.) of the body.
Chronic ailments can be treated successfully; this treatment can take slightly long time:
• Nature’s Law - Nature works at slow pace. Growing a tree takes much longer than cutting it.
• Chronic ailments are also accompanied by the toxicity generated by medications.
• Naturopathy treatment has to remove this toxicity in order to fully cure the disease.
• In Naturopathy, cure doesn’t only mean removing the disease Holistic cure also includes becoming fully healthy, strong, and full of life.
Under another principle of nature cure
Explain Suppressed diseases emerge again during Naturopathy and are cured forever.
Nature cure treats what?
What component is important in the healing
Suppressed diseases emerge again during Naturopathy and are cured forever:
• This is called Healing Crisis or Curative Crisis. • Time period for this phase is 2-7 days.
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- Suppressed diseases emerge again during Naturopathy, and are cured forever.
- The diseases emerge and are cured in the reverse order of their occurrence in the past.
- Every emergence should be considered as a milestone for holistic health
• Nature Cure treats physical, mental, social (moral) and spiritual,
all four aspects, at the same time.
• Nature Cure treats body as a whole, instead of treating each organ separately.
• Naturopathy does not use medicines. According to Naturopathy, “Food is Medicine”
• Spirituality is an important component of the healing process.
Treatment in naturopathy comprise of what?
• A variety of natural therapies including
• Homoeopathy,
• Vitamin and mineral supplements,
• TCM relaxation techniques
• Herbal remedies.
• Physical medicine: touch, hot and cold compress, electric current
and sound waves.
• Detoxification: to remove toxins by fasting, using enemas and drinking lots of water.
What are the challenges with the practice of naturopathy
- It is western non-biomedical ethnomedicine which is based on holistic and vitalistic principles. Traditional naturopathy does not fit into the scientific research model.
- It is claimed to be incompatible with evidence-based medicine, replete with pseudoscience, ineffective, unethical and possibly unsafe.
- Based on the assessment criteria for science, it is said to be paradigmatically incongruent with holistic practices.
- Naturopathic treatment ideas are all grounded in the idea of restoring “energy”, rather than being based on objective science.
- This is why unrelated practices such as homeopathy, acupuncture and herbalism etc can be rationalized to find accommodation under naturopathy.
• Naturopathy is a pure Western-Based Alternative Health System. (True/False)
• The history of Naturopathy preceded the Natural Cure Medicine and Hygienic Medicine Movements in Europe. (True/False)
• The following best describe the term Nature Cures:
• There are specific causes for each disease and hence specific treatment are
required. (True/False)
• Disease is an aberration caused by the individual.
• Chronic diseases can be treated successfully in short time. (True/False)
• Naturopathy employs the sole use of food as treatments. (True/False)
What words make up homeopathy What principle is it based on? What does homeopathy do to the body? Why is homeopathy described as scientific? Why is it described as well described?
Homeopathy = homois (similar) + pathos (suffering)
Based on the principle that substances that cause symptoms in healthy people can be used in extreme dilution to treat illnesses that cause the same symptoms (likes cure like).
Homeopathy allows the body to heal itself by triggering body’s natural immune response.
Homeopathy is considered by some as a well-described, scientifically based system of approaching health and disease.
“Scientific” because the insights are based on reproducible experiments.
“Well-described” because from these observations a number of precise basic fundamental rules became evident
When did homeopathy begin? Who developed it?
And why?
What did he discovered?
When did homeopathy achieve its greatest popularity? When did the first homeopathic schools open?
Began in the late 1700s, developed by a German doctor named Samuel Hahnemann.
Hahnemann was dissatisfied with the often-severe treatments that were being used and was looking for a more natural way to treat illnesses.
He discovered the law of similar after he consumed cinchona bark extract (used to cure malaria) which produces the same symptoms as malaria.
Homeopathy achieved its greatest popularity in the 19th century. The first homeopathic schools opened in 1830.
Eventually homeopathy reached all over Europe, United States and Asia
Explain the principle of the law of similars,simplex, under principles of homeopathy
Balancing vital energy to promote body’s self healing response.
- Law of Similars
- Similia Similibus Curantur, which means ‘Let likes be treated by likes’ (like cures like).
- By this law, he wants to emphasize that, in order to execute a cure and heal an ailing person, a homoeopathic physician needs to administer a drug that produces symptoms that are similar to the diseased symptoms
- Law of Simplex
- ‘Only one, single, simple remedy should be administered to the patient at one time’. This is the law of simplex.
