Pioneers

Question 1

Hippocrates - 468-377BC

Answer 1

Restore balance to promote healing with the patient taking responsibility in the healing process

Question 2

Samuel Thompson 1769-1843

Answer 2

Father of American herbalism.
Trilogy of healing: elimination (herbs), restore body heat (cayenne), promote sweating (vapour bath).

Question 3

Johanes Schroth 1798-1856

Answer 3

Austrian naturopath
Rhythmic changes to stimulate body to reduce oxidative stress and detoxify.
-Hydrotherapy
-Dry diet (low calorie, high alkaline veg, little water) / wet diet (soups, broths, juices)
-Exercise/ relaxation

Question 4

Vincenz Priessnitz 1799-1852

Answer 4

Father of naturopathy.
Understood importance of bio-individuality.
Treat the patient not the disease.
Cold water bandage around chest & abdomen to draw out toxins.

Question 5

Heinrick Franke 1805-1848

Answer 5

Hydrotherapy
Cold water - increases respiration, slows circulation
Hot water - restores respiration, increases circulation
Alternating stimulates blood flow, increases delivery oxygen & nutrients, promotes lymphatic drainage.

Question 6

Sebastian Kneipp 1821-1897

Answer 6

Father of hydrotherapy. Cured own TB.
Bioindividuality treating person not disease.

• Louis Kuhne 1835-1901
  Formulated unity of disease theory.
  Cold water hydrotherapy to stimulate lower abdomen and improve detoxification. Introduced Sitz baths.

Question 7

Harvey Kellogg 1852-1943

Answer 7

Importance of intestinal microflora
Regular enemas to remove matter preventing auto-toxaemia.

Question 8

Adolf Just 1859-1936

Answer 8

-Raw food and earthing
-Used clay poultices
-Grounding reduced build up of electromagnetic stress by taking up negative ions from earth.
- moisture increases conductivity, anti-inflammatory and thins blood

Question 9

Steiner 1861-1925
Lindlahr 1862-1924

Answer 9

Steiner - imbalance in 4 planes of man physical emotional mental spiritual

Lindlahr - healthy elimination mobilising toxins to restore health
Pioneer of iridology. Inner reflection and fasting

Question 10

Ehret 1866-1922

Answer 10

Alkaline diet to build new blood.
Fasting and veg esp fruit diet.
Avoiding mucus forming foods.
Theory of vitality power minus obstruction

Question 11

Gerson 1881-1959

Answer 11

Gerson - alkalising body fresh veg juices and detox coffee enemas.
Unity of disease - one underlying imbalance, illnesses are symptoms of that imbalance.

Question 12

Shelton 1895-1985

Answer 12

Toxaemia cause of disease.
Food combining, raw foods, fasting

Question 13

Jensen 1908-2001

Answer 13

Bowel cleansing using chlorophyll in enemas and colonics. Colon hydrotherapy.
Every tissue fed by the blood which is supplied by the bowel.

Question 14

Terrain vs germ theory

Answer 14

Pasteur - germ theory, developed pasteurisation
Bechamp and Bernard - terrain low oxygenated, acidic internal environment. Disease from within the body and microbes after effects not causes. Don’t kill germs promote health diet exercise cleansing

Question 15

Naturopathic Principles

Answer 15

1. Healing power of nature given right conditions and tx - VF stimulated by fresh air, sun, clean water, healthy diet, fasting, detox
2. Prevention better than cure
3. Treat the cause not symptom
4. Whole person treated not one size fits all
5. Health more than absence of infirmity, need VF for abundant vitality
6. Treat person not the disease
7. Individual is unique
8. Disease stems from imbalance
9. Disease due to internal environment
10. Addressing deficiency and excess
11. Ailments should not be suppressed
12. Naturopath = educator

Question 16

Natural Therapeutics Hygiene

Answer 16

lifestyle changes
exercise HIIT,
earthing,
sleep,
sun,
breathing

Question 17

Herring’s law of cure - pioneer of homeopathy

Answer 17

1. Inside to out
2. More serious organs to less serious
3. Mind gets better before the body
4. Symptoms disappear in reverse order to when they arrived
5. Above to below