Personalized Naturopathic Medicine in D.C.
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the Natural Method of Healing and Living
Contrary to what many people believe, naturopathic medicine is not just the prescription of natural remedies to help patients with their problematic symptoms. In fact, as more and more doctors become educated on “natural therapies,” these methods are becoming increasingly prescribed to their patients.
What makes naturopathic medicine stand out amongst other medical practices is its objective of healing the whole patient. Doctors who practice naturopathic medicine follow specific guidelines that dictate how they think about medicine and how they use their clinical decisions to treat patients’ whole makeup.
A Naturopathic Doctor in D.C. You Can Trust
With 2 locations in Washington, D.C., Dr. Threlkel offers naturopathic medicine, combining the wisdom of nature with the rigors of modern science. Naturopathic Medicine emphasizes prevention and self-care for optimal health, and when a patient already has a chronic illness or health condition, employs both conventional medicine and modern naturopathic treatments, including laboratory testing, herbs and nutritional supplements, homeopathic remedies, bioidentical and natural hormone therapies and detoxification, with a preference for effective, natural approaches to promote your body’s natural ability to heal.
What is Naturopathic Medicine?
What makes naturopathic medicine so distinct amongst other health care professions is that it combines the diligence of modern-day medicine with the wisdom of nature’s healing power. This type of medicine not only treats, manages, and diagnoses individuals with persistent conditions, but it addresses the disease at the level of mind, body, and spirit. It accomplishes this objective by following six principles that serve to guide a naturopathic doctor in the treatment of each patient.
Do No Harm
(Primum Non-Nocere)
Naturopathic medicine uses informed techniques and therapies that provide the patient with the least harmful and most functional approaches to treat the body and restore the patient’s ability to maintain optimal health.
Healing Power of Nature
(Vis Medicatrix Naturae)
Naturopathic medicine acknowledges that the body can heal itself based on its own building blocks. Each cell in the body is a living unit, which is continually working to regenerate and repair itself. Our bodies have an amazing capacity to heal.
Identify and Treat the Causes
(Tolle Causam)
Doctor as a Teacher
(Docere)
The naturopathic physician not only wants to diagnose a patient’s underlying cause of disease but also educate them about their illness and prevention ideas they should adapt to their daily lives. They empower their patients with a wealth of knowledge and transform their perception of health care.
Treating the Whole Patient
(Tolle Totum)
Naturopathic medicine focuses on the wellness of the whole patient. Specifically, this means that treating the whole individual involves giving specific personalized therapies that are particular to that person’s nutrition, genetics, lifestyle, exercise, and ability to implement the suggestions.
Prevention
(Praevenic)
The body does a remarkable job of healing itself. However, by incorporating some therapeutic assistance that focuses on a patient’s overall health, wellness, and disease prevention, these practices can provide the patient with long-lasting changes that focus on preventing instead of fixing.
Holistic & Naturopathic Medicine: The Therapeutic Order
To fully understand how naturopathic medicine helps heal a patient while respecting nature, you need first to understand the therapeutic order.
Therapeutic Order: What is it?
The therapeutic order is a set of guidelines that naturopathic physicians use when deciding their patients’ treatment plans. The order is divided into seven stages, with each stage providing the doctor with a different way to solve the patient’s problem (considered their naturopathic treatment) and reduce their symptoms while using the least amount of invasive intervention possible.
Seven Stages of the Therapeutic Order
Overcome Health Obstacles with Naturopathic Medicine
The first stage focuses on removing anything that causes the patient any health disturbance. This can often involve addressing some common culprits (poor diet, digestive problems, excessive stress, toxic exposures, trauma, inadequate sleep, etc.) and devising a health care plan to get rid of them.
Activate the Body's Self-Healing Mechanisms with Holistic Therapies
Restore and Regenerate Weakened or Damaged Systems through Naturopathic Care
Sometimes, individual bodies need additional assistance to help stimulate their healing powers. In the third stage, naturopathic doctors use different natural medicine healing practices to help the body restore optimal function. These practices include botanical medicines, professional-grade supplements, counseling, and other specific therapies.
Enhance Structural Integrity through Naturopathic Approaches
Address Specific Symptoms and Pathology with Natural Therapies
Employ Pharmaceutical Solutions to Halt Progressive Pathology
If required, the sixth stage allows the naturopathic doctor to use pharmaceutical substances to help manage and prevent specific harmful symptoms of the disease.
Utilize Minimally Invasive Therapies to Manage Pathology
Finally, in the last stage, if more needs to be done to help a patient’s health and comfort, naturopathic doctors can use palliative therapies also known as suppressive therapies, to reduce symptoms until the patient’s health is stabilized enough to return to addressing the underlying health issues and preventing further deterioration.
Heal your body and mind naturally with Naturopathic Medicine
If you or a family member are looking for a physician that practices a patient-centered model of care and uses gentle and safe techniques to help cure the body, do not wait any longer, contact our naturopathic practice today for more information.
