Naturopathy is an art and science of healthy living and a drugless system of healing based on well founded philosophy. The science of naturopathy or nature cure is as old as nature itself. It is oldest of all the prevailing systems of medicine. All imported aspects of nature cure are given invades such as mud fasting and treatment by water. It has its own concept of health and disease and also principles of treatment.
Naturopathy is a system of man building in harmony with the constructive principles as nature on physical, mental moral and spiritual planes as living. It has great heath promotive disease, preventive and causative as well as restorative potential the naturopath helps in nature"s effort to overcome disease by applying correct natural modalities and controlling the natural forces to work within safe limits. It is now proved that naturopathy has a sound scientific foundation and this has been accepted by many allopathic and Ayurveda physicians naturopathy does not signify a hit or miss technique therapy employing only mud and water for example we now realize that mud therapy is a technique in which the chemical physical thermal and vital energy in every particle of mud and of water is utilized for the purpose of effecting a cure.
Fasting is highly useful for elimination of toxic waste matter in the body for repair of damaged tissues and organs and for their regeneration. Gradually scientists all over the world have begun admitting that there are some unknown factors associated with such a diet which help in curing chronic ailments and even in "incurable" ones like cancer.
Naturopathy is in the last analysis a way of life. Even if external treatment be accepted as the first step towards a cure complete permanent freedom from external treatment is the end in view AS on today naturopathy is accepted as an independent system of treatment by all different modalities of naturopathy
According to the manifesto of British naturopathic association. Naturopathy is a system of treatment which recognizes the existence of the vital curative force within the body. It therefore, advocates aiding human system to remove the cause of disease i.e. toxins by expelling the unwanted and unused matters from human body for curing diseases. Naturopathy is an science of healthy living. It teaches us how we should live? What we should eat? And how our daily routine should be? Different modalities of naturopathy are very helpful in the fulfillment of this pursuit.
The human body has got a remarkable recuperative power. It is composed of five great elements (panache mahabhutas) imbalance of these creates diseases. treatment of the diseases by these elements i.e. earth - water - fire - Air - and ether is known of Naturopathy the general treatment modalities and diagnostic methods employed in naturopathy are as stated Diet Therapy - Fasting Therapy - Mud Therapy - Hydro Therapy - Massage Therapy - Air Therapy etc.
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