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Gabriel, N. (ND Bastyr 2000), Wengell, D. (MBA Emory) state:
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[in "Educational Opportunities in Integrative Medicine: The A-to-Z Healing Arts Guide and Professional Resource Directory"(2008)]
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"Chapter 8: Naturopathic Medicine (ND)[...sidebar] naturopathic medicine is an integrative and vitalistic medical system [...aimed at] getting to the root cause of illness. It helps patients manifest not just passive recovery, but optimal health [...main entry] naturopathic medicine is defined as much by its holistic principles as by its techniques. There are seven principles of modern naturopathy: 1. do no harm (primum non nocere) [...] 2. respect the healing power of nature (vis medicatrix naturae). There is an innate healing force within all life that is always attempting to prevent and/or heal every possible illness. Skin abrasions heal, broken bone reconnect, grief fades, so long as this 'life force' flows in a balanced, unimpeded way. Naturopaths help their patients to optimize this innate force via positive lifestyle changes and nontoxic therapies; 3. treat the cause (tolle causam) [...] 4. doctor as teacher (docere) [p.119...] 5. prevention [...] 6. treat the whole person [...per] a body-mind-spirit complex [...] 7. wellness [...] most medical systems in place before the rise of modern western medicine [...] followed the basic principles above. They were 'vitalistic' in nature, meaning that a spiritual 'vital force' or 'life force' was believed to be both the source of existence and the essential healing force for every person. Ayurveda's 'prana,' Chinese medicine's 'chi,' and Hippocrates' 'humours' are all versions of the vital force [...per] the vitalistic medical practices being used [historically] around the globe [...in modern times considered by supposed] experimental, scientific, chemically oriented medicine [...of] a mythical past of unproven and obsolete philosophies and techniques [p.120...in naturopathy] vitalistic thinking is still common [...] naturopathic medicine is an integrative and vitalistic medical system [p.122...per] life force flow [p.124]";
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(ISBN 0977655245)
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Geis, M. (ND CCNM 2006) states:
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[in "Frequently Asked Questions"]
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"naturopathic medicine [...] is predicated on the belief that all living organisms have an innate capacity to heal [...] naturopathic physicians structure their interventions in order to stimulate the body’s ability to heal itself [...] homeopathic remedies are minute dilutions of plant, animal and mineral substances designed to stimulate the body’s 'vital force' and strengthen its innate ability to heal [...] based on balancing the flow of chi (energy) through meridian pathways under the skin, traditional Chinese medicine includes the use of Oriental herbs and acupuncture to regulate and release chi in order to bring the body into balance [...] all naturopaths are deeply committed to upholding our founding principles [...#1] healing power of nature (vis medicatrix naturae) [...] the powerful and inherent healing abilities of your body, mind and spirit [...] therapeutic order [...#2] stimulate the healing power of nature";
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Genne, A-H. (ND CCNM) states:
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"naturopathic medicine originates from hydrotherapy, a medicine based on cold water applications which was used in Eastern Europe in the mid-1600. With time, it has transformed into an assemblage of alternative medicines brought together by a common philosophy […] vis mediatrix[sp.] naturae (the healing power of nature). Naturopathic doctors believe that the body has an inherent ability to establish, maintain, and restore health. Thus, the role of the naturopathic doctor is to facilitate this process by identifying and removing obstacles to recovery, such that ultimately it is the body’s vital force that will shift the patient from a disease process to a healing one";
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http://web.archive.org/web/20070517161011/http://corpusdiem.ca/newsite/english/section.php?section=2)
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Gerstmar, T.J. (ND Bastyr 2008) states:
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Gerstmar, T.J. (ND Bastyr 2008) states:
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[in "FAQ"]
."as natural healers we follow a vitalist philosophy that says that your body has the power and intelligence to heal itself. We use natural therapies that remove blockages to that healing power and stimulate the body to heal itself. We avoid methods which suppress or distort that healing power [...] vitalism is the philosophy that guides naturopathic care. In this philosophy, spirit (intelligence) is the basis of life. We are spirit that gives rise to atoms and molecules. The body possesses an innate intelligence and ability to heal itself. Disease is (largely) a result of imbalances in our lives. Therapies need to restore balance to the body and activate our inborn capacity for healing";
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http://www.aspirenaturalhealth.com/faq_aspire_natural_health.html)[vsc 2010-01-28]
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Ghormley, J.C. (ND Bastyr 2006), Thomas, S. (ND Bastyr 2007) state:
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[in "What is Naturopathy"]
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"the six principles we used to apply to our practice are the following: first do no harm. (Latin: primum non nocere). The process of healing includes symptoms which are, in fact, an expression of the life force attempting to heal the body. The physician’s role is to support and not antagonize nor harm the actions of the vis medicatrix naturae [...] the healing power of nature. (Latin: vis medicatrix naturae). The healing process of the body is inherent, ordered and intelligent; nature heals through the response of the life force. The physician’s role is to facilitate and augment this process";
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Goetz, X?. (ND SCNM) states:
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[in "About Dr. Goetz"]
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"Dr. Goetz focuses on the ramifications they have upon the individual’s spiritual vital force according to Dr. Hahnemann’s insights";
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Goldberg, M. (ND NCNM) {et al} states:
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[in "Herbal Medicine"]
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“herbal remedies are employed in the western world by practitioners of holistic medicine who believe that all individuals possess an inner vital force that is constantly working to maintain physical, emotional, and mental health. Although they do not discount the germ theory of disease held by conventional western medicine, medical herbalists in the western world say that this theory does not fully explain why people become ill. They argue that many diseases and conditions come about because the individual's inner force or natural immune system is weakened or out of balance. Therefore, they prescribe herbal or plant remedies that are found in nature in order to return an individual's natural inner balance, strengthen the resistance to disease, and maintain good health”;
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Goldman, E.L. (ND Bastyr 1984, DHANP AANP) states:
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[in “Homeopathy”]
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“ask Ellen Goldman, doctor of naturopathy and chairperson of the homeopathy department at Bastyr University of Naturopathic Medicine in Seattle, how such dilute solutions can possibly cure diseases and she replies, ‘we don't yet have instruments sensitive enough to measure this effect. Dr. Hahnemann, the father of homeopathy, said that homeopathic medicines stimulate the vital force, or the healing energies, in the body’ […also] Joyce Frye, D.O. […states] ’in cases of chronic disease, how much healing ensues depends on the vital force of the prevailing problem as well as on how early in the process treatment begins,’ she says. "The ability of homeopathy to heal depends on how much damage the disease has done’”;
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Green, J. (ND ?) states:
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[in “Ecological Perspectives on Naturopathic and Allopathic Medicine. (The Best of Naturopathic Medicine)”{TLDP, 2003-02-01}]
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“the most fundamental principle is one of minimum intervention and depending on the power of nature to heal (vis medicatrix naturae) [...] the healing power of nature. In Western philosophy, the body, like the earth, lacks its own wisdom. In contrast, environmentalists and naturopaths believe that an inherent wisdom does exist, and in fact, it is our duty to abide by it. The principle that binds every therapy in naturopathic medicine is 'vis medicatrix naturae / the healing power of nature' [...] Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathic medicine, maintains that 'the vital force strives instinctively and automatically to free itself from disease by revolutionary processes' [...] both naturopathic physicians and environmentalists maintain that there is an inherent balance that guides life and death, ecosystems and our bodies. According to John Lust, a founder of naturopathy, 'we still clearly observe in sick animals the curative instinct that drives them to hunt out and eat a specific plant as a remedy. This same instinct in man [sic] is numbed by a hypnotizing barrage of advertising for chemical-drug medicines. Even so, in all of us there still survives an intuitive preference for the healing powers of nature's life line, the great continuum of life that both contains us and sustains us. By co-operating with the inherent restorative power of the living organism, we attune ourselves once again to the rhythm of nature. We grasp the living spirit!' [...] naturopathy relies on the healing power of nature with all of its therapeutic modalities, from counseling to acupuncture, homeopathy to hydrotherapy. It is only on a rare occasion that a naturopath will depart from acting in accordance with vis medicatrix naturae in order to preserve life. For example, when someone goes into shock, it is our duty to compensate for the body's reaction. Other than these rare instances, working with, rather than against vis medicatrix naturae enables the body and spirit to overcome enormous trauma. Vis medicatrix naturae also helps to prevent the 'Doctor as God' complex by reminding naturopaths who really enacts healing. 'The gardener does not make the garden grow. Nature does. The gardener is an ally who prepares the soil, sows the seeds, waters, and removes the weeds, placing plants in the proper relation to each other and the sun.' As gardeners of healthy humans, naturopaths work to support the miracle of nature";
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Guggenheim, A. (ND NCNM) states:
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[in "Naturopathic Medicine"]
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"the following six principles are the founding-tenets of naturopathic medicine in clinical practice: [#1] the healing power of nature, vis medicatrix naturae [...] the healing process is ordered and intelligent; nature heals through the response of the life force. The physician's role is to facilitate and augment this process [...#3] first do no harm, primum no nocere. Illness is a purposeful process of the organism. The process of healing includes the generation of symptoms which are, in fact, an expression of the life force attempting to heal itself. Therapeutic actions should be complimentary to and synergistic with this healing process. The physician's actions can support or antagonize the actions of the vis medicatrix naturae";
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