Naturopathic doctors (NDs) are primary care providers who can diagnose and treat illness using naturopathic medicine. Naturopathic medicine is a drugless complementary healthcare modality. That said, NDs have an array of natural therapeutic options such as nutrition education and supplementation, spinal manipulations, homeopathy, botanicals, and up-and-coming therapies such as neural therapy that may be used once a diagnosis has been established. NDs treat using the Principles of Naturopathic Medicine:

• First, do no harm
• Identify and treat the cause of disease
• Treat the whole person, not individual symptoms
• Doctor as teacher
• Emphasize prevention as the best cure
• Support the body’s innate healing power

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