Treats arthritis, asthma, depression, fatigue, high blood pressure, gastrointestinal illness, skin conditions, enen cancer. Scientific evidence supports value of sound diet, exercise, stress management, some herbs. But other aspects lack scientific evidence . Some risks associated with herb use. Some naturopaths oppose vaccinations and promote discredited techniques such as hair analysis that they say reveal nutrient deficiencies requiring supplementation.
Practitioners have medical training and perform MD duties, including prescribing medications.
Hands-on healing helps back and joint pain, sports injuries, headaches, insomnia, depression, asthma, digestive disorders. Little scientific research on manipulation beyond reported effectiveness in reducing back pain. Back and neck injury occur rarely. In Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, patient reclines in a pressurized tank that has high-oxygen atmosphere. Treatments furnish body cells with extra oxygen, boosting metabolism or checking growth of hypothetical disease microorganisms thriving in oxygen-depleted tissues.