The Traditional Naturopath Podcast

Greensboro, NC, June 29, 2007 --(PR.com)-- The Traditional Naturopath website hosts a podcast that is available to educate to educate anyone interested in Natural Health practices, issues, and information. It is hosted by Dr. Bill Bailey, a Certified Natural Health Professional, and a Doctor of Naturopathy. He has a Ph.D. in Theology, and is a Board Certified Traditional Naturopath, certified by the American Naturopathic Certification Board (ANCB.) He is also a Master Herbalist, and a Professional Member of the American Association of Nutritional Consultants, and of the Coalition for Natural Health. He is one of the founders, and currently serves as a Board Member, of the North Carolina Chapter of the Certified Natural Health Professionals. He also serves as webmaster for the Citizens for Healthcare Freedom.

Allopathic medicine is what most American’s take for granted as "standard medicine." It looks at symptoms of individuals and tries to classify and treat those symptoms. It normally (or, historically) does not look at overall well-being or nutritional deficiencies as an underlying foundation of disease. The standard allopathic treatment of a condition is to diagnose it, categorize it, and then prescribe a drug, or drugs, to "correct" the symptoms. Exceptions to this path is to cut out the offending organ or tissue, or in other ways to destroy it via chemical, radiation, or other extreme means. The Naturopathic approach is to look at the whole being… the whole, not the specific. A Naturopath uses a holistic approach that takes into account a client’s state of mind, spiritual condition, underlying nutritional requirements, weaknesses, and deficiencies, and even the bodies' natural energy fields. These are two disparate approaches (but not necessarily completely at odds with one another.) Dr. Bailey says, "As a Naturopath, I hope that we can have a healthy relationship between the two disciplines."

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