Naturopathic Principle: Treat the whole person

Principle #4: Treat the whole person


If we focus on the symptom our patient presents with, we will always miss the underlying problem. Through our training of botanical medicine, dietary, Chinese medicine, chiropractic manipulation, homeopathy, we are able to sincerely target the cause of the presenting symptoms. We loose the battle of healing if we focus too much on the superficial complaints our patients. By digging deeper, layer by layer, we will uncover the truth of the illness. This can be one of the most powerful modalities of our profession: treat the whole person. “It’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.”