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What Is Naturopathy?
In 1929, Congress passed legislation recognizing and defining Naturopathy: “Any system of healing that does not resort to the use of drugs, [conventional] medicine, or operative surgery for the prevention, relief or cure of any disease.” This was signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge.
In 1931, Congress clarified the 1929 Naturopathic Licensing Act:
It is further enacted that "Naturopathy," as used in the aforesaid act, approved February 27, 1929, hereafter shall comprehend, embrace, and be composed of the following acts, practices and usages: Diagnosis and practice of physiological, mechanical, and material sciences of healing as follows: The physiological and mechanical sciences such as the mechanotherapy, articular manipulation, corrective and orthopedic gymnastics, neurotherapy, psychotherapy, hydrotherapy, and mineral baths, electrotherapy, thermotherapy, phototherapy, chromotherapy, vibrotherapy, thalamotherapy, and dietetics, which shall include the use of foods of such biochemical tissue-building products and cell salts as are found in the normal body; and the use of vegetal oils and dehydrated and pulverized fruits, flowers; seeds, barks, herbs, roots, and vegetables uncompounded and used in their natural state.
The Dictionary of Occupational Titles also defines the Naturopathic Doctor:
[the naturopathic doctor] Diagnoses, treats, and cares for patients using a system of practice that bases treatment of physiological functions and abnormal conditions on natural laws governing human body: Utilizes physiological, psychological, and mechanical methods, such as air, water, light, heat, earth phytotherapy, food and herb therapy, psychotherapy, electrotherapy, physiotherapy, minor and orificial surgery, mechanotherapy, naturopathic corrections, and manipulation, and natural methods or modalities, together with natural medicines, natural processed foods and herbs, and nature’s remedies. Excludes major surgery, therapeutic use of x-ray and radium, and the use of drugs, except those assimilable substances containing elements or compounds of body tissues and are physiologically compatible to body processes for maintenance of life.
Our pledge to the public
Naturopathic Doctors (NDs) who belong to the American Naturopathic Association stringently follow these traditional guidelines. Some modern naturopaths do not actually believe in the healing power of Nature and have been taught that the body is a machine that needs to be fixed in order to work properly. In adopting this standard allopathic model, these naturopaths began using synthetic drugs, and believe that natural medicines do not work as well.
We beg to differ.
Simple, safe, non-invasive therapies have been used effectively for over a hundred years by doctors of the American Naturopathic Association.
Only natural.
An ANA doctor will only treat naturopathically. Important to know: Our NDs may specialize according to their focus of therapy (botanical medicines, manual therapies, etc.), rather than the pathology (allergy, orthopedics, etc.). Since classical NDs treat the whole person, it would be limiting to focus on one organ or system.