I’ve spent the last 28 years studying, practicing, teaching, and evolving as a naturopathic physician. Two themes have been consistent: natural medicine and the health care of women. Alternative medicine has come to be the popular term used to distinguish natural, noninvasive therapies from conventional medicine. Whether the terms alternative medicine, complementary medicine, natural medicine, or holistic medicine are used, they all reflect the transformation that is occurring in health care: a focus on disease prevention, the promotion of healthy lifestyle habits, and the treatment of disease with natural, nontoxic, and less invasive therapies. At the center of this transformation is a distinct system called naturopathic medicine. The roots of naturopathic medicine are seen in the healing.
