Guiding Principles
Naturopathic doctors are guided by six principles. This set of principles, emphasized throughout a naturopathic doctor's training, outlines the naturopathic approach to health and healing and forms the foundation of this distinct form of health care.
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Naturopathic medicine follows three principles to avoid harming the patient:
1) utilize methods and medicinal substances which minimize the risk of harmful side effects;
2) avoid, when possible, the harmful suppression of symptoms;
3) acknowledge and respect the individual's healing process, using the least force necessary to diagnose and treat illness.
Dr. Sejal N.D. chooses treatments that are safe and effective, to increase your health and decrease harmful side effects.
Dr. Sejal N.D. works to restore and support the powerful and inherent healing ability of your body, mind and spirit and to prevent further disease from occurring.
The primary goal of Dr. Sejal N.D. is to determine and treat the underlying cause rather than simply managing or suppressing the symptoms. The underlying cause may be due to diet, lifestyle habits, life events, posture or environment. Symptoms are viewed as expressions of the body's natural attempt to heal.
Each person is unique and requires individualized care. In treating the cause of any condition Dr. Sejal N.D. takes into account not only your physical symptoms, but also mental, emotional, genetic, environmental, social, spiritual and other factors. Disease affects the entire person, not just a specific organ or system.
Dr. Sejal N.D. will assist you in understanding health and illness. She will provide you with an understanding of the factors that affect your health and help you balance and become more capable of maintaining your own health.
Dr. Sejal applies all of the above principles in a proactive form of disease prevention and health promotion. She emphasize healthy daily habits, assesses risk factors and hereditary susceptibility to disease and makes appropriate interventions to prevent illness. Health is more than just the absence of disease. Health entails daily functioning on the highest possible levels, and is obtained by proper nutrition, exercise, a balanced lifestyle, positive emotions, thoughts and actions. The capacity for optimal wellness or an improved quality of life is inherent in every body.
