Naturopathic medicine is based on the belief that the human body has innate healing ability. Naturopathic doctors teach their patients to use diet, exercise, lifestyle changes, and cutting edge natural therapies to enhance their bodies’ ability to heal. These practitioners view the patient as a complex, interrelated system, a whole person. Naturopathic physicians craft comprehensive treatment plans that blend the best of modern medical science and traditional natural medical approaches to not only treat disease, but to also restore health.

    Naturopathic physicians base their practice on six timeless principles founded on medical tradition and scientific evidence.

• Let nature heal. Our bodies have such a powerful, innate instinct for self-healing. By finding and removing the barriers to this self-healing—such as poor diet or unhealthy habits—naturopathic physicians can nurture this process.
   
• Identify and treat causes. Naturopathic physicians understand that symptoms will only return unless the root illness is addressed. Rather than cover up symptoms, they seek to find and treat the cause of these symptoms.
   
• First, do no harm. Naturopathic physicians follow three precepts to ensure their patients’ safety:
  • Use low-risk procedures and healing compounds—such as dietary supplements, herbal extracts and homeopathy—with few or no side effects.
  • When possible, do not suppress symptoms, which are the body’s efforts to self-heal. For example, the body may cook up a fever in reaction to a bacterial infection. Fever creates an inhospitable environment for the harmful bacteria, thereby destroying it. Of course, the naturopathic physician would not allow the fever to get dangerously high.
  • Customize each diagnosis and treatment plan to fit each patient. We all heal in different ways and the naturopathic physician respects our differences.
     
• Educate patients. Naturopathic medicine believes that doctors must be educators, as well as physicians. That’s why naturopathic physicians teach their patients how to eat, exercise, relax and nurture themselves physically and emotionally. They also encourage self-responsibility and work closely with each patient.
   
• Treat the whole person. We each have a unique physical, mental, emotional, genetic, environmental, social, sexual and spiritual makeup. The naturopathic physician knows that all these factors affect our health. That’s why he or she includes them in a carefully tailored treatment strategy.
   
• Prevent illness. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" has never been truer. Proactive medicine saves money, pain, misery and lives. That’s why naturopathic physicians evaluate risk factors, heredity and vulnerability to disease. By getting treatment for greater wellness, we’re less likely to need treatment for future illness.

    Naturopathic medicine blends centuries old natural, non toxic therapies with current advances and research in the study of health and human systems.  Naturopaths cover all aspects of family health from prenatal care to geriatrics.  They use therapeutic diets, herbs, supplements and lifestyle changes to help individuals achieve greater health.  Naturopaths work together as partners with patients to develop a plan for health, and they cooperate with members of the conventional medical community to ensure a continuity of care.  They educate patients about the processes of the body and the modalities that are used to facilitate healing.  Depending on the licensing scope of the state, naturopaths use patient intake, physical exam, laboratory exam and imaging diagnostics to help tailor protocols to the needs of the individual.
       
     A naturopathic physician is an expert in natural medicine.  Licensed naturopaths spend the first two years of their schooling in graduate level medical science classes just as the conventional MDs attend.  The second two years are spent studying the application of treatment modalities and clinical practice.  Naturopaths must pass accredited NPLEX board exams to achieve licensure. Naturopathic medicine concentrates on whole patient wellness– the medicine is tailored to the patient and emphasizes prevention and self-care. 
    
    Naturopathic care attempts to find the underlying cause of a patient’s condition rather than focusing solely on symptomatic treatment or treatment aimed at merely changing laboratory values without improving the patient's outcome.  Naturopathic physicians cooperate with all branches of medical science referring to other practitioners when appropriate.

    The modalities of naturopathic physicians include: clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathy, counseling, stress management, and naturopathic physical medicine

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Tamberlyn Blinsink, NMD
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