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FURTHER that the medicine has a fairly consistent approach to the disease, the fact al-alternative medicine. The most widely used in alternative medicine are the six principles of naturopathic medicine. In one way or another, these principles are revisited again and again throughout the text of this Section II. The following principles are described by Dr. Catherine Downey and excerpted from his chapter on naturopathic medicine.

1. The healing power of nature (naturae Vis medicatix) />
The body has an inherent capacity to establish, maintain and restore health. The healing process is ordered and intelligent nature heals through the response of the life force. The doctor’s role is to facilitate and enhance this process, take action to identify and eliminate barriers to good health and recovery and support for the creation of a healthy internal and external. In short, give your body the right tools and heal itself.

2. Treat the whole person (the multifactorial nature of health and illness)

Health and disease are conditions of the whole organism, involving a complex interaction of physical, spiritual, mental, emotional, genetic, environmental and social issues. The physician must treat the whole person by taking all these factors into account. The smooth running of all aspects of the person is essential to recovery and prevention of disease and requires a personalized and comprehensive diagnosis and treatment.

3. First do no harm (Primum non nocere)

The disease is a determined process of the body. The healing process involves the generation of symptoms, which are, in fact, an expression of life force groped to heal itself. Therapeutic actions should be complementary and synergistic with this healing process. The actions of the doctor is able to support or antagonize the action of the mediator in naturae, the methods available to suppress symptoms without removing underlying causes are considered harmful and are avoided or minimized. Therapeutic actions are applied to control in line with the fashion of the internal order of the body.

4. Identify and treat the cause (Tolle causam)

It does not cause the disease with no future. underlying causes of disease must be discovered and removed or treated before a person can recover completely from illness. Symptoms are expressions of the body’s attempt to heal, but are not the cause of the disease, naturopathic medicine addresses the root causes so quickly of the disease, rather than the symptoms. Cases may occur at various levels, including physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. The physician should consider the root causes at all levels, directing treatment at root causes, rather than the symptomatic expression.

5. Prevention (Prevention is the best “cure”)

The ultimate goal of naturopathic medicine is prevention. This is accomplished through education and promotion of healthy lifestyles that create good health. The doctor assesses risk factors and hereditary predisposition to disease and makes appropriate interventions to prevent further damage and risk to the patient. The emphasis is on building health rather than fight against the disease. Because it is difficult to be healthy to the sick person in the world, it is the responsibility of the physician and patient to create a healthier environment in which to live.

6. The teaching physician (docere)

Beyond an accurate diagnosis and appropriate services for the prescription, the physician must strive to create poor health, interpersonal relationships with patients. A report of doctor-patient relationship has inherent therapeutic value. The main role of the physician is to educate and encourage patients to take responsibility for health. The doctor is a catalyst for change in healthy, supportive and motivating the patient to take responsibility. And ‘the patient, not the doctor, who ultimately creates or produces healing. The physician must strive to inspire hope and understanding. Physicians should therefore commit themselves to their personal and spiritual development, to be good teachers.