Naturopathy and Integrative Medicine Gaining Ground

[liveonearth]

In the mid-1980s, leaders of the reemerging naturopathic medical profession faced a tough challenge. They had to make the case for a scientific basis for their field prior to any history of federal support for naturopathic research.

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[ford_prefect42]

I have consistently been curious. When you post, you often make reference to "homeopathic" medicine. Are you referring to the "dilute the active ingredient to the PPM type of homeopathy, or do you generally mean a simply more "naturopathic" medicine?

[liveonearth]

When I talk about homeopathy, I'm talking about a system of medicine using extremely diluted substances that claims to work via an energy imprint. I do not believe in it, and have found the so-called science unconvincing. I am surrounded by people who DO believe in it, in a religious sort of way.

Naturopathy is a much broader field of medicine that includes nutrition and lifestyle medicine, herbs, manipulation, hydrotherapy, and basically everything that you could do to support the health of a human. I have been required, as a part of my naturopathic education, to study homeopathy.

[ford_prefect42]

Gotcha.

"energy imprint"!?!

[liveonearth]

It's magic. If you challenge a believer you will get no end of stories about cases in which "it worked".