naturopathy (redirected from naturopathies)

naturopathy /na·tur·op·a·thy/ (na?cher-op´ah-the) a drugless system of health care, using a wide variety of therapies, including hydrotherapy, heat, massage, and herbal medicine, whose purpose is to treat the whole person to stimulate and support the person's own innate healing capacity.naturopath´ic

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na·tur·op·a·thy (nch-rp-th)

n.

A system of therapeutics in which surgery and prescription medications are avoided, and preparations such as vitamins, nutritional supplements, and herbs are used to treat and prevent disease.

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natur·o·path (nchr--pth, n-chr-) n.

natur·o·pathic adj.

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naturopathy (nāˈ·ch·rä′·p·thē),

n therapeutic system that relies on using natural agents like light, natural foods, warmth, massage, and fresh air. Naturopaths believe in the power of the body's natural processes to heal illness.

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naturopathy

a system of healing that views disease as a manifestation of alterations in the processes by which the body naturally heals itself. It emphasizes health restoration as well as disease treatment using diet modification, nutritional supplements, herbal medicine, acupuncture, Chinese medicine, hydrotherapy, massage, joint manipulation and lifestyle counseling.