Naturopathic medicine has its roots in Traditional healing, where herbalism and botanicals were the defining feature. Today, clinical naturopathy weaves Traditional knowledge and philosophical underpinnings with evidence from systematic research, alongside individual clinical expertise to guide evidence-based practice. It is a cohesive and systematic approach to remedying disease states with botanicals, healthful dietary interventions, nutritional supplementation, and counselling.
Naturopathy honours the body and its innate capacity to heal and provides a deep sense of inner connection. In treating the body as a whole interconnected system, the root cause and states of imbalance are identified to reestablish a basis for health. This holistic philosophical framework grounds itself in treating the individual (not the disease), helping them to become an expert in their own personal care to liberate them from their current disease state and set of symptoms.