This Naturopathic Medicine online course covers the basic principles and therapies involved in this healing profession. Naturopathic medicine is based on the recognition that the human organism has an innate self-healing capacity that responds to efforts to support it using natural means, referred to in the profession as the Vis medicatrix naturae. This practice of medicine is at once a record of the healing wisdom of many centuries and a distillation of current scientific research. Naturopathic medicine is an eclectic discipline, comprising the therapies of clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathy, physical medicine, hydrotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, and lifestyle counseling, among others.

This naturopathy correspondence course is taken from a book designed to comply with the curriculum established at leading naturopathic colleges affiliated with the Council of Naturopathic Education (CNME).

COURSE CURRICULUM

The course curriculum is as follows:

PART 1: PRINCIPLES OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE

Fundamentals of Good Healthcare

Naturopathic Philosophy and History

Naturopathic Clinical Assessment

Naturopathic Treatment Protocols

Therapeutic Modalities

Clinical Nutrition: Food Nutrition

Clinical Nutrition: Nutritional Supplements

Botanical Medicine

Homeopathy

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Hydrotherapy

Physical Medicine Therapies

Lifestyle Counseling

PART 2: PRACTICES OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE

• Cardiology

Angina Pectoris

Heart Failure

Hypertension

• Endocrinology

Adrenal Glands Dysfunction

Diabetes Mellitus

Thyroid Conditions

• Gastroenterology

Constipation

Diarrhoea

Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Peptic Ulcer

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• Gynecology

Cervical Dysplasia

Dysmenorrhea, Endometriosis, and Uterine Myoma

Hematology

Anaemia

Easy Bleeding

Excess Coagulation

• Hepatology

Acute Viral Hepatitis

Cholestasis and Cholecystitis

Chronic Liver Disease

Toxin-Mediated Hepatic Injury

• Immunology

Mucosal Immune System

Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Detoxification

• Neurology

Alzheimer’s Disease

Cerebrovascular Disease

Headache

Motor Neuron Disease

Multiple Sclerosis

Peripheral Neuropathies

Sleep Disorders

• Pulmonology

Acute Bronchitis

Asthma

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Rheumatology

Fibromyalgia

Osteoarthritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Urology

Kidney Stones

Urinary Tract Infections

PART 3: SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Pediatric Patients

Otitis Media

Geriatric Patients

Cancer Patients

Case Histories

Review Questions

COURSE MATERIALS

There is a main book entitled: An Introduction to Principles and Practices of Naturopathic Medicine by Fraser Smith.

There is also an excellent Science Based encyclopedia of nutrition and natural health on CD called HYPERHEALTH PRO, version 8.0 – this is the most comprehensive database on natural health presently available. Within Hyperhealth's 40,564 pages you will discover and understand the ways nutrition, supplements, herbs and foods can treat and prevent thousands of different ailments and maintain or achieve optimal health. It is an excellent tool that all practitioners of natural medicine should have in their offices.