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Naturopathy as a Cheap Alternative
Natural Wellness centers are based on naturopathic treatment which revolves around the notion that "nature heals itself." Naturopathy utilizes nature-based herbal products to stimulate self-healing processes as opposed to artificial drugs which only masks symptoms.
Asked why medical doctors do not use these types of treatments and therapies, Dr. Ferchoff replied, "One of the reasons is, it's not a pharmaceutical drug, you can't get a patent on it so the drug companies are not pushing it because there's no money in it for them."
"And if I was a cardiologist, I would want patients to come in and do heart surgery because a cardiologist get fifty to a hundred thousand dollars per surgery where as going through a process like this, you know, it's only talking about a few thousand dollars," he added.
Naturopathic medicine includes a variety of practices aiming to improve health and treat disease by assisting the body's natural healing. It includes nutrition, exercise, and application of heat and cold. There are few reports of evidence based medicine trials for naturopathy thus few of its techniques have scientific support.
Licensing laws giving naturopathic physicians the right to practice were passed in several states, including Hawaii in 1925.
References
Wikipedia.org
24hourfitness.org
HealingMountainPublishing.com
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