This field includes nutrition, herbal remedies, physical adjustment therapy, and emotional, mental, and spiritual balance. This practice also utilizes such medical imaging techniques as X-ray and ultrasound. Unlike allopathic doctors, naturopathic physicians concentrate on healing the cause of an illness rather than subduing its symptoms. There are many disciplines that share the basic ideas found in Naturopathy including, Homeopathy and Chinese Medicine. Practitioners of this field emphasize the importance of personal responsibility for one s health.
Good health is an on-going process rather than a quick fix or emergency repair system.
Such factors as nutrition exercise, and emotional and mental stability play key roles in sustaining good health. The FDA has recently issued guidelines for dietary supplements, which would include some of the treatments used in this practice. A product manufacturer may claim that certain products support the natural function and structure or function of the body s systems, provided these claims are not fraudulent. Product labels may also claim to help common ailments associated with the stages of life such as adolescence, pregnancy, and aging. However, they cannot purport to prevent, treat, or cure any disease or serious symptom of a disease.