The purpose of this project was to explore naturopathic medicines and other complementary alternative practices to allopatic (western) medicine. Below are highlighted excerpts from student's research and experiences:
What is Naturopathic Medicine?
"Philosophies and practices that seek to improve health and treat disease chiefly by assuming the body’s innate capacity to recover from
illness and injury. Philosophies include:
Homeopathy, a form of alternative medicine, by treating imbalances in a hypothetical vital force. Traditional Asian Medicine, herbal medicine, acupuncture and massage
Diet and Supplements, dealing with a healthy diet and vitamin supplements
Hydrotherapy, involves the use of water for soothing pains and treating diseases."
"Alternative medicine is defined as “quackery” because along time ago a report was written and a lot of people and western culture (allopathic) don’t believe in natural healing. Many of there techniques are unusual and people want a quite fix, and just want to get there problem fixed quickly. The naturopathic way takes more time and effort cause it sometimes means a lifestyle change, some people aren’t willing to make that change."
"Naturopathic doctors and western medicine doctors go through the same type of schooling in the beginning. They get their undergrad, basic pre-med, and take many of the same courses for example bio-chem. Naturopathic students also take more farm logy, nutrition, and mind, body and spirit courses. A naturopath goes through four years of schooling. First two years are their basic sciences and the final two years are focusing on clinical applications."
For her field experience, the student was asked to spend an entire day visiting the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine as a prospective applicant. Here are some brief thoughts about her experience:
"After doing the research and visiting SCNM I’ve really taken an interest in alternative medicine. I find it amazing and would like to partake in some of there practices. a lot of there methods are off the wall but people believe that they work, so I don’t think anything is a bad thing if people are getting healthier. Cardiovascular disease and cancer can be caused by lifestyle and one of the areas naturopaths focus on is lifestyle change. That could relatively lower both disease rates. Holistic means a complete well being to me. It reminds me of the complete package, because the focus is getting body, mind and spirit all balanced out. I find it fascinating and would like to try some of the methods in the future."
Here is her Public Service Announcement on moving towards a holistic lifestyle.
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3 comments:
This is and eye opening topic, most people including myself often disregaurd the alternatives we have to perscription drugs and our family doctor's cure because of the way we have been conditioned to "take this and you will be better in 5 days" or "take this whan in pain." Unfortunatly there are many negative affects from those drugs, but we generaly ignor them because we dont think of the alternatives. good project, deffinatly will make me think twice and reseach my options.
-Kiley
this was very interesting to me, because i never would have thought that there were other things then medicine that could really work. good job!
-LaTawnya
The idea of changing your lifestyle in response to a problem with your health seems to make more sense than to be taking pills or other types of medicine. Preventing an illness definitely beats having to cure it later.
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