What is Naturopathy?


Naturopathy is a traditional approach to healing based on ancient texts and methods which are now being recognized by modern science as a gentle, safe and effective alternative and compliment to allopathic conventional care. 

Naturopathy simultaneously arose in the most sophisticated cultures of ancient times including India, Persia, Greece, and the Americas.  It is the foundation of today's modern medicine and today's medicine illustrates the vastness and complexity of phytochemistry based on that knowledge through the creation of new drugs originally found in the plant kingdom. 

These cultures utilized their knowledge to establish health protocols of their own and materia medicas (early medical texts) which are still today a part of naturopathy.  Naturopathy, on a larger scale, encompasses nutrition, psychology, lifestyle, and herbal medicine.  Takoma Naturopathy in particular focuses a great deal on diet and supplements, incorporating the concept of doshic balance and sound mana (mind) as taught by the Ayurvedic tradition.

Welcome to Takoma Naturopathy!