Naturopathy follows 6 basic principles and uses whatever medical means they deem necessary to achieve these goals:
Primum Non Nocere (Do Not Harm): This is the philosophy of using non-invasive and the least toxic treatments they can.
Vis Medicatric Naturae (The Healing Power of Science): Like Homeopaths, Naturopathic doctors believe in the body’s ability to heal itself.
Tolle Causam (Identify and Treat the Cause): Also similar to Homeopathy, they find the underlying cause of the disease to address and remove it.
Docere (Doctor as Teacher): The heavy belief that you should educate your patients so they can take responsibility of their own body while treating their issues.
Tolle Totum (Treat the Whole Person): This is the holistic principle that recognizes the effect of lifestyle, family history, mental and emotional factors affect the patient.
Prevenic (Prevention): A strong emphasis on overall healthcare to prevent future disease.
Homeopathy believes in “like cures like” and do so by fighting the symptoms of an illness. Practitioners of Homeopathy assert that symptoms are your body’s way of explaining the steps needed to cure what’s ailing you. Homeopathy believes that in treating the symptoms you can directly help your body fight diseases.
Both Homeopathy and Naturopathy practitioners believe in holistic lifestyles. Naturopathic ideals are very much founded in the same foundation as Homeopathic methods of practice. This is why many Naturopath doctors use Homeopathy as one of their many tools.