Naturopathic Medicine
Dr. Harley is committed to helping people achieve optimal health through natural medicine & lifestyle balance. As individuals, our bodies require unique treatment plans to promote immunity and strengthen our wellness for the long term. At Naturopathic Optimal Wellness we conduct thorough health histories with each client to identify underlying causes and offer the most safe and effective natural treatments. Laboratory testing, medical imaging, and functional lab work may be used to further reveal imbalances and measure progress. This combination of science and natural medicine defines our approach to achieve optimal wellness.
Principles of
Naturopathic Medicine
The Healing Power of Nature (Vis Medicatrix Naturae)
Naturopathic medicine recognizes an inherent self-healing process in people that is ordered and intelligent. Naturopathic physicians act to identify and remove obstacles to healing and recovery, and to facilitate and augment this inherent self-healing process.
Identify and Treat the Causes (Tolle Causam)
The naturopathic physician seeks to identify and remove the underlying causes of illness rather than to merely eliminate or suppress symptoms.
First Do No Harm (Primum Non Nocere)
Naturopathic physicians follow three guidelines to avoid harming the patient:
- Utilize methods and medicinal substances which minimize the risk of harmful side effects, using the least force necessary to diagnose and treat;
- Avoid when possible the harmful suppression of symptoms; and
- Acknowledge, respect, and work with individuals’ self-healing process.
Doctor as Teacher (Docere)
Naturopathic physicians educate their patients and encourage self-responsibility for health. They also recognize and employ the therapeutic potential of the doctor-patient relationship.
Treat the Whole Person
Naturopathic physicians treat each patient by taking into account individual physical, mental, emotional, genetic, environmental, social, and other factors. Since total health also includes spiritual health, naturopathic physicians encourage individuals to pursue their personal spiritual development.
Prevention
Naturopathic physicians emphasize the prevention of disease by assessing risk factors, heredity and susceptibility to disease, and by making appropriate interventions in partnership with their patients to prevent illness.
THERAPEUTIC ORDER:
The Therapeutic Order is a hierarchy that governs a naturopathic doctor’s clinical decision-making. It begins by offering minimally invasive therapies aimed at supporting the body and ends in more invasive procedures such as chemical therapies and surgery.
Re-establish the basis for health
Remove obstacles to cure by establishing a healthy regimen
Stimulate the healing power of nature
Use various systems of health such as botanicals, homeopathy, Chinese medi- cine, Ayurvedic medicine, nutrition, psychospiritual
Tonify weakened systems
Use modalities to strengthen the immune system, decrease toxicity, normal- ize inflammatory function, optimize metabolic function, balance regulatory systems, enhance regeneration, and harmonize life force
Correct structural integrity
Use therapeutic exercise, spinal manipulation, and massage, cranial-sacral to return to optimal structural condition
Prescribe specific natural substances for pathology
Use vitamins, minerals, and herbs to return to and promote health
Prescribe pharmacotherapy for pathology
Use pharmaceutical drugs to return to and promote health
Prescribe surgery, pharmacotherapy
Use aggressive therapies to attempt to maintain health
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