Core Principles of Naturopathic Medicine That Guide Us
- The Healing Power of Nature (Vis Medicatrix Naturae): Trust in the body’s inherent wisdom to heal itself.
- Identify and Treat the Causes (Tolle Causam): Look beyond symptoms to the underlying cause.
- First Do No Harm (Primum Non Nocere): Utilize the most natural, least invasive, and least toxic therapies.
- Doctor as Teacher (Docere): Educate patients in the steps to achieving and maintaining health.
- Treat the Whole Person: View the body as an integrated whole in all its physical and spiritual dimensions.
- Prevention: Focus on overall health, wellness, and disease prevention.
We employ a variety of therapeutic modalities, including:
- Nutrition and dietary counseling: Advising on customized diet, including nutrition and lifestyle for peak health and function.
- Botanical Medicine: Using plant-based remedies for therapeutic purposes.
- Botanical medicine: Using effective plant based remedies to promote health.
- Therapeutic supplements: Using nutritional supplements rigorously tested by 3rd party sources to enhance health and correct deficiencies.
- Hormone balancing including bioidentical hormones: Appropriate testing and a thorough medical history review are used to identify imbalance which may be rebalanced with bioidentical hormones, herbs and supplements.
- Judicious use of medications as needed: Medications are not the cornerstone of naturopathic path medicine, but are used when necessary and if other therapeutics are ineffective.
- Comprehensive lab assessment: In addition to standard blood tests Dr Thompson may uses labs to assess hormone balance, the gut microbiome, neurotransmitter activity, chronic infections, and exposure to environmental toxins.
