Is Naturopathic Medicine is Based on Science?
Many critics claim that Naturopathic Medicine is not grounded in science.
Naturopathic Medicine is the original medicine, it has been around for thousands of years, it has held the test of time.
Allopathic/conventional medicine has been about for about a hundred years and despite the high costs of health care, the rates of chronic disease are higher than ever.
We learn all the same basic sciences and diagnostic sciences as conventional medical doctors. Our education is heavily grounded in science. We gain a strong understanding of how different systems of the body interact with each other.
We work to help the body regain normal physiology whereas conventional medicine works to manipulate biochemistry to suppress symptoms. Our approaches are very different.
There is lots of research in the area of nutritionals, botanicals, high dose vitamin IV therapy, proteolytic enzymes, oxygen therapy and human microbiome project
Most of our treatments are supported by solid research. There is a wealth of research, controlled and double-blind clinical studies showing scientific basis and validity for naturopathic protocols. Diagnosed and therapeutics are science based and increasingly evidence-based. All the work we do is making physical changes on the body.
There is a lack of funding for CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) research. But for many of the core naturopathic treatments, clinical studies and thorough scientific critiques of the foundational rationales do exist.
The beauty of Naturopathic Medicine is that it combines traditional medicine with modern science and the understanding of how the body works.
