Naturopathic Herbal Medicine
This form of treatment is incredibly versatile as it allows for the complexity of a person's problems while treating the person on various levels - nutritional, hormonal, emotional and physiological. The skill is in the blend of the herbs chosen. This entails a breadth and depth of knowledge of plants which contain the phytochemicals that we can use to promote healing.
The first principle of treatment is never to cause harm, so only safe herbs are used and the practitioner's skill lies in using the right herb for a particular situation.
The naturopathic approach involves multiple aspects of health promotion to support the body's natural ability to heal. Each client receives advice about diet and nutritional supplements to give them the best chance of recovery. Lifestyle, work, relaxation, exercise, and sources of stress are all taken into consideration. Compliance with advice increases the effectiveness of treatments.