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Recognize naturopathic physicians for the primary care physicians they are.  Instead of treating symptoms with chemicals, naturopaths treat the whole person with many natural therapies, with prevention at the forefront.  They treat the root cause of illness.  They have the same and many times more years of education as medical doctors have.

When medical doctors study drugs and surgery, naturopaths are studying nutrition and how to keep the immune system strong to keep illness away.  Have naturopathic insurance available and affordable for everyone.  This will bring total costs of healthcare down for the whole country.  Right now we have a "disease" care system with medical care.  We need across the board "healthcare", which naturopaths provide.

Doctors should be able to determine the time  they need to see a patient, not the insurance company.  Naturopathic appointments are typically 45 min. to 1 hour long.  When only the "branch" of our tree is treated with chemicals, the illness continues down underneath, unless the "root" cause is addressed. 

The first Hippocratic principle all doctors learn, is "First do no harm."  This becomes hard to understand when chemical medications typically block or interfere with some known (or unknown) bodily process .  Then you have to take another chemical to counter what the side effects from the first chemical is doing! 

The future of medicine lies in understanding the therapeutic use of lifestyle;  nutrition, exercise, mind-body therapies and supplementation to restore normal function.  The future is not in newer and better chemical pharmaceuticals!

Char - Vancouver, WA

posted 2 years, 10 months ago
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