Philosophy

The philosophy of our profession is what guides our practice as clinicians, educators and advocates of naturopathic medicine. It helps us maintain our purpose through the ebb and flow of political and economic pressures. It allows us to connect our actions and concerns to the great queries of human history, and given the place of our ideas in that history

Naturopathic Principles

First Do No Harm - Primum non nocere

The Healing Power of Nature - Vix medicatrix naturae

Treat the Cause - Tolle causum

Treat the Whole Person - Tolle totum

Physician as Teacher - Docere

Prevention is the Best Cure - Praevenire


Therapeutic Order

  • Re-establish the basis for health
  • Stimulate the healing power of nature.
  • Tonify weakened systems 
  • Correct structural integrity.
  • Prescribe specific natural substances for pathology.
  • Prescribe pharmacological substances for pathology.
  • Prescribe surgery, suppressive drugs, radiation and chemotherapy.

developed by Jared Zeff, ND and Pamela Snider, ND

 

The Gathering

 

The 2012 Gathering to be held at NUHS in Lombard, IL.
November 9 - November 11, 2012

 
The Gathering is an annual grassroots event by naturopathic students and for naturopathic students to learn the medicine and philosophy from the masters in the naturopathic profession. It is hosted by a rotating group of students at each of the naturopathic medical colleges. The 2011 Gathering was held in Toronto, Ontario November 4-6 by students from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. In Toronto, students from NUHS committed to hosting the 2012 Gathering at their school.

The Underground Reading List

Words of wisdom from the founders of our medicine and thoughts to ponder from our more contemporary peers

 

Soothing Words

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."

-Thomas Edison, Inventor