Naturopathic Medicine

Conditions Benefited by Naturopathic Medicine

Naturopathic medicine can be applied in any health care situation, but its strongest area is in the treatment of chronic and degenerative disease.  Naturopaths are, for the most part, licensed primary care/general practice family physicians.  For severe, acute traumas such as a serious automobile accident, emergencies of childbirth, or orthopedic problems requiring corrective surgery, naturopathic medicine is not recommended, although it can contribute to such cases, especially in the recovery phase.

In other cases, such as ear infections and common illnesses with fever, the naturopathic physician addresses the associated pain, infection, and fever of the condition, as well as any related concerns of the patient.  How this acute condition might relate to underlying causes, such as diet, life stresses, and occupational hazards, is also addressed.  The physician will then usually prescribe a variety of means to deal with the immediate problem.

In the chronic cases, the procedure is different.  Typically, a thorough case exploration will detail the history and nature of the patient's symptoms and complaints, his or her complete health history, and the patient's lifestyle.  Finally, a physical examination and appropriate laboratory tests are performed.  For naturopathic physicians, understanding the patient as an individual is essential when searching for causative factors, particularly in the areas of the physical, mental/emotional, and spiritual.

After determining causative factors, the physician will discuss his or her findings with the patient, and an attempt will be made to tie together and interpret the symptoms.  Symptoms usually relate to a central problem that has many manifestations.  As an example, many symptoms can be tied to the effects of toxemia on the different symptoms of the body such as the immune system, nervous system or circulatory system.  Others may be due to emotional factors, such as a chronic urinary tract infection when there is a history of sexual abuse.

Finally, dietary factors are determined and appropriate changes are recommended.  Any other perceived causes are addressed with either counseling, exercise, or other methods of treatment.

Healing the Person, Not the Disease

Naturopathic medicine does not focus on disease symptoms, but, rather, underlying causes.  For example, the body has four major organs that assist in elimination; the lungs, kidneys, bowels, and skin.  Most skin diseases are viewed by naturopathic physicians to be the result of excessive metabolic toxicity in the body, forcing the skin to be used as an extra route of elimination.  The skin excretes both water-soluble and oil-soluble wastes through the sweat and oil glands.  Because the elimination of toxins is irritating to the skin, the result is often various forms of skin-related disorders such as dermatitis and acne.

What Is a Naturopathic Physician Trained to Do?

Modern naturopathic doctors provide complete diagnostic and therapeutic services.  As family doctors, many practice natural childbirth (usually in the home setting), pediatrics, gynecology, and geriatrics.  Naturopathic physicians make recommendations on lifestyle, diet, and exercise, and utilize a variety of natural and noninvasive healing techniques.

The current scope of treatments naturopathic physicians are trained in include: clinical nutrition; botanical or herbal medicine; homeopathy; acupuncture; hydrotherapy; physical medicine including massage and therapeutic manipulation; counseling and other psychotherapies; and minor surgery.

• Clinical nutrition The use of diet as a therapy serves as the foundation of naturopathic medicine.  There is an ever-increasing body of knowledge that supports the use of whole foods and nutritional supplements in the maintenance of health and treatment of disease.
  
  
• Herbal medicine: Plants have been used as medicines since antiquity.  Naturopathic physicians are professionally trained herbalists and know both the historical and medicinal uses of plants. With health practitioners like Dr. Cohen in practice, the expertise and technology combined together create a powerful combination for helping you to live longer and live better.

What to expect when you visit a Naturopathic Physician

A typical office visit with a naturopathic doctor takes one hour.  Your naturopathic physician considers teaching you how to live healthfully to be one of his or her primary goals, so the time devoted to discussing and explaining principles of health maintenance, as well as your medical condition, is one of the factors that sets naturopaths apart from conventional physicians, who often seem to be rushing from patient to patient.

The relationship begins with a thorough medical history and interview process designed to view all aspects of your lifestyle.  If needed, the physician will perform standard diagnostic procedures including a physical exam and blood and urine analysis.  Once a good understanding of your health and disease status is established (diagnosing an illness is only one part of this process), you and your doctor work together to establish a treatment and health-promoting program.

With Dr. Cohen, he reminds us that every prescription medicine known to Man has unpleasant, dangerous, or even deadly results. That's why a medical doctor's signature is needed, because it is his or her informed decision that the dangers are outweighed by the need to resolve a supposedly more serious problem.

Some of us believe we've seen more than enough proof that Nature provides us with a host of natural, naturopathic items that work faster, better, and, to the dismay of drug companies, at far less cost... than those prescription drugs.

If living longer and better, healthier, happier and more balanced is your informed choice,
you may benefit enormously from the expertise,
and the anti-drug, anti-surgery, anti-profit attitudes of Dr. David Cohen, based in Brooklyn NY.

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