-->| Provides a listing of naturopathic doctors in the United States and offers degree programs in naturopathic medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.
Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences
2140 East Broadway Road
Tempe, Arizona 85282
(480) 858-9100
Website: www.scnm.edu
Offers a degree program in naturopathic medicine.
University of Bridgeport,
College of Naturopathic Medicine
126 Park Avenue
Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604
(203) 576-4109
Website: www.bridgeport.edu
A comprehensive university offering more than 30 undergraduate and 14 graduate degree programs. | | Anti-histaminics are used for temporary control. naturopathic doctors find that the Vega test is valuable to discover food sensitivities. Homeopathy can help. Vitamins C, B6, B12, pantothenic acid, bioflavonoids, and E can help. Herbalists use nettles, adrena-linum, Magnesiaphosphorica, lymph, Apis mellifica, hydrastis, gentian, garlic, fenugreek.
Asthma
Allergist will do the above investigation for allergies, and use cortisone, cromolyn, inhalants, and epinephrine shots for temporary control. | | Chiropractors know that adjustments will relieve pain and alleviate diseases. naturopathic doctors have several treatment modalities to treat their patients safely. Helpful though these methods are, those patients so treated will return to sickness if no attention is paid to the basic rules of chemistry. The LB program is designed to locate and replace the missing elements in the body before a diagnosable disease occurs.
If a disease is already established, the program works in conjunction with existing treatment by replacing the deficient nutrients. | | The drugless healing secrets revealed in this book are quite similar to the steps this doctor uses, and are well-known to naturopathic doctors. The one outstanding feature of this method is: no special equipment is needed. It can be used right in your own kitchen, at your own dining table. All you really need is a refrigerator, knife or blender in most cases. All rapid healing foods can be easily obtained, at no extra cost, and perhaps even a cost saving. Other simple steps include aids to elimination (for purification and internal cleansing), and a very few other simple steps. |  Horse chestnut extract is still widely used for treating varicose veins, capillary fragility, CVI, and hemorrhoids. naturopathic doctors and herbalists often prescribe the extract along with other cardiovascular tonics, including hawthorn, ginkgo, vitamin C, and grape seed extract, all of which help to strengthen the collagen of the veins.
In Germany, the horse chestnut constituent aescin is a registered drug. Physicians recommend it for many problems associated with local edema, including carpal tunnel syndrome and back injuries. |  In addition, we have asked the opinions of many medical doctors and well-qualified naturopathic doctors who observe practical results in their daily practices. As you read about herbal supplements in parts 2 and 3, you'll find dosages and cautions that have been recommended by these experts. You'll also learn how to take these supplements for maximum effect and discover how other supplements can boost or reinforce their healing power.
Thinking about Herbs
Whether you visit an herbal practitioner or choose to self-medicate, there are two ways to consider herbal supplements. | | For this reason, many naturopathic doctors and herbalists prescribe whole licorice root for general burn-out and adrenal weakness. Licorice may also be useful in the treatment of Addison's disease, a serious condition characterized by very low production of adrenal cortex hormones, although there has been no research in this area.11
According to laboratory studies, glycyrrhizin asserts its adrenal effects by blocking the enzyme S-beta-reductase, which would normally convert Cortisol into cortisone. Cortisol has adrenal effects but cortisone does not. | | Try glutamine, an amino acid supplement frequently used by naturopathic doctors for gastrointestinal diseases, she says. Glutamine encourages the quick turnover or production of cells along the wall of the stomach and the small intestine, she says. It makes the body heal a bit faster.
"While you're healing, I would recommend 500 milligrams of glutamine three times a day," suggests Dr. Stiles. Continue this dosage for about two weeks or until you have no more discomfort, she adds.
With these remedies, you can expect diarrhea to clear up within 24 to 72 hours. | | Because of quercetin's anti-allergy properties, some naturopathic doctors regularly prescribe supplements. During hay fever season, Jennifer Brett, N.D., a naturopathic doctor at the Wilton Naturopathic Center in Stratford, Connecticut, recommends quercetin for many of her patients, particularly those who are allergic to ragweed and leaf mold. According to Dr. Brett, quercetin helps reduce her patients' allergy symptoms, including itchy eyes, runny noses, and scratchy throats. She's found that it's also effective for people who have asthma, which is sometimes touched off by allergic reactions. | | The Estrogenic Herbs
False unicorn and red clover are herbal supplements for women that can act like weak estrogens in the body. naturopathic doctors believe that they help balance hormone levels, either making up for a shortfall of estrogen or encouraging your body to excrete excess amounts.
The recommended dosages will vary with each of these herbal supplements, so Dr. Brett recommends following the directions on the packages.
False unicorn may be taken as a tincture or a tea. For either, follow the directions on the label. | | Turning to Lecithin
According to naturopathic doctors, one nutritional substance that might help prevent gallstones is lecithin. Also called phosphatidylcholine, lecithin is a major ingredient in cell membranes. It's found in animal tissues, especially the nerves, liver, and semen.
Lecithin is important because it helps water and fat mix together more easily. Usually, fat stays separate from water, but lecithin is an emulsifier, a kind of go-between that reconciles these opposites and allows the two substances to combine. |  Naturopathic medicine is an approach to healing practiced by naturopathic doctors (N.D.s), who diagnose illness with the same techniques used by conventional physicians. They treat illness with natural methods, however, avoiding pharmaceutical drugs and other products of modern medicine. Naturopathy was organized in the late nineteenth century. By the early 1900s, there were more than twenty schools of naturopathic medicine in the United States, and naturopathic conventions in the 1920s often attracted more than 10,000 practitioners. | | Advocates point to increasing evidence about the role of nutrition in disease, and the extensive training in nutrition received by naturopathic doctors compared with conventional physicians.
Counseling or behavioral medicine is an important component of naturopathy, and practitioners emphasize the role played by mental and emotional health in disease. Naturopathic physicians are trained in counseling, biofeedback, stress reduction, and other means of helping improve mental and therefore overall health. | | Some naturopathic physicians obtain further training in one or more of these techniques and specialize in treating patients with these methods. naturopathic doctors may also apply other alternative or unproven techniques, such as ozone therapy for patients with cancer or AIDS.
Acceptance requirements for naturopathic medical school are similar to those for mainstream medical schools. They include a college degree and the completion of courses in physics, biology, and chemistry. The first two years of school include conventional medical science such as anatomy, physiology, and pathology. | | Tb this end, naturopathic doctors are seen as teachers who educate patients about their own bodies and about the best ways to maintain health. Naturopathy's beliefs and methods stem from case-history observations, medical records, practitioners' experience in treating patients, clinical nutritional data, and therapies long popular in Europe, Asia, and India.
Research Evidence to Date
Naturopathic medicine uses several specific techniques that vary in their effectiveness or ability to influence health. Some naturopathic approaches, such as homeopathy, may be of little value. |  The AANP represents approximately 500 licensed naturopathic doctors.
Cancer Treatment Research Foundation
Alta Dalton, 8181 S. Lewis, Tulsa, OK 74137; telephone: 800-795-9579; FAX: 918-496-5715
They hold regular conferences on adjuvant nutrition in the treatment and management of cancer.
Society for Orthomolecular Medicine of America (SOMA)
2698 Pacific Ave., San Francisco, CA 94115 Telephone: 415-346-2500
This is a professional association of physicians practicing nutrition and dietary supplement therapy, as well as other innovative medical treatments. |  North American herbalists and naturopathic doctors mainly use the roots for their medicinal properties, but the leaves and fruits are also used. A related species, common burdock (Arctium minus), can also be effective.
Burdock root contains many different constituents including inulin, phytos-terols, polyacetylenes, arctic acid, volatile acids, tannins, vitamin A, iron, calcium, sodium, and other minerals. It is said to be "cooling" in terms of its effect on body temperature.
Burdock is an excellent herb for skin disorders such as acne, eczema, psoriasis, and rashes. |  Naturopathic doctors (N.D.s) are also licensed to practice acupuncture.
Chiropractic Chiropractic medicine focuses on spinal manipulations to achieve health. Many chiropractors (D.C.s) also practice nutritional medicine. They have had four to five years of study in an accredited chiropractic school after a minimum of two years of undergraduate school and are licensed to work in all fifty states, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, most of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. They cannot prescribe drugs or do surgery. | | Where to Get It
There are over 1,000 licensed naturopathic doctors (N.D.s) and two accredited naturopathic medical schools in the United States. These are the Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine in Seattle, which recently changed its name to Bastyr University, and the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. Two additional schools, in Toronto, Canada, and Scottsdale, Arizona, are active candidates for accreditation but not yet accredited. | | It can help you increase energy and naturopathic doctors often recommend it for treating symptoms of menopause and to improve sexual performance in men. Additionally, many women believe that it definitely helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. As a daily energizer, I recommend taking one or two 500 mg. capsules daily.
Herbs, Folk Remedies,
Essential Oils, and Homeopathic Medicines
131. What You Should Know About Natural Remedies
Just because herbs are natural doesn't mean that they can be used indiscriminately. |  Various naturopathic doctors throughout Germany have come to rely upon tincture of aconite root for resolving this problem in most of their patients suffering from genuine trigeminal neuralgia.
The usual dose prescribed ranges any where from 5 to 10 drops or more, twice or thrice daily. The standard practice is to start the patient out on a smaller dose and then gradually increase it very slowly and then decrease it again after several weeks time. | | In time, however, several naturopathic doctors who examined me (my folks never believed in regular M.D.s as such) confirmed that it was a severe case of tapeworm, which was robbing me of the proper nourishment I should have been getting from the tons of food I was shoveling down.
They recommended the pumpkin seeds, which apparently worked quite effectively within just a short period of time. A succession of different bowel movements on my part discharged chunks and sections of what had been a pretty long parasitic worm attached to the walls of my intestine. | | Circulation
Herbalists and naturopathic doctors historically used milk thistle for the treatment of hemorrhoids and varicose veins. Blood is continually flowing through the liver, and if you have a "sluggish liver" that doesn't process blood very efficiently, it tends to back up in the rectum and in the veins of the legs. In theory, at least, improved liver function and metabolism also improve the rate at which venous blood returns to the heart, so there's a reduction of hemorrhoid and varicose vein problems. | | Dr Zeff, in turn, had inherited his knowledge and ability from older generations of naturopathic doctors.
Constitutional hydrotherapy benefits the whole body. Among the many benign effects of this type of therapy, it helps to produce the following results:
1. Optimizes circulation
2. Detoxifies and purifies the blood
3. Enhances digestive function and elimination
4. Tonifies and balances the nervous system
5. Stimulates and enhances the immune system. | | Although these studies used intravenous injections of glycyrrhizin, some naturopathic doctors believe that oral formulations are absorbed just as effectively.11 The main challenge in using glycyrrhizin for HIV and hepatitis is preventing side effects such as elevated blood pressure.
Specific Studies
Peptic Ulcer: Clinical Study (1982)
Researchers found deglycyrrhizinated licorice just as effective as cimetidine (Tagamet) in a single-blind study of 100 people with peptic ulcers. | | Echinacea has a long history of use by herbalists and naturopathic doctors for the treatment of acute infections during pregnancy. If a pregnant woman has a cold, flu, or urinary tract infection, I would not hesitate to recommend echinacea. Side effects or problems with the pregnancy or health of the baby have not been reported. In fact, my wife used echinacea during her entire first pregnancy with no adverse effects.
A study by the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, in conjunction with the Canadian Naturopathic College, has confirmed the safety of echinacea use during pregnancy. |  Establish a supplement regimen. naturopathic doctors (N.D.'s) are big believers in supplementation for CFS. I'm not quite as convinced, but if I had CFS, I'd give it a try and follow a supplement regimen under the supervision of a naturopathic physician or clinical nutritionist.
I'd pay special attention to folic acid (also known as folate), a B vitamin that seems to be in short supply in most people's diets. The average American gets only 61 percent of the old Recommended Dietary Allowance, which is too low anyway. | | Cayenne is used by many herbalists and naturopathic doctors in formulas for sore throats, upper respiratory tract infections, and sinusitis. It helps to reduce congestion and inflammation of these areas.
DOSAGE
°*» Topical use
The cream should be an 0.025-0.075% capsaicin extract. Apply the cream two to four times daily.
°* Internal use:
Take a 500-milligram capsule or 15 drops of tincture two to three times daily with meals.
WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS?
Some people do experience digestive upset from taking cayenne internally. |  Even as conventional physicians deny the existence of delayed food allergies, they can't cure many of the chronic digestive diseases such as Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), arthritis and autoimmune diseases, and yet health-care professionals such as naturopathic doctors who are treating these diseases as symptoms of food allergies are having success in treating them.
The causes and effects of food allergies are hard to separate. | | During the late 1970s, other naturopathic doctors also recognized this need and naturopathic colleges were established in Arizona (the Arizona College of Naturopathic Medicine), Oregon (the American College of Naturopathic Medicine) and California (the Pacific College of Naturopathic Medicine). Unfortunately, none of these three survived. | |
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