Good health and wellness is what naturopathic treatment is all about. The main emphasis of naturopathic practice is the belief that the body has an in-built ability to strive for health. The role of a naturopath is to work with a person to promote the natural healing of the body. Naturopathy is rooted in the belief that health is more than just the absence of disease and works on strengthening the body’s natural defences.

We will design a treatment path that meets your body’s needs. At first advise you on how to remove the underlying causes of the stress that is causing problems in the body. This could involve recommending dietary changes that might involve avoiding certain foods, eating certain foods, taking various vitamin, mineral or food supplements, or drinking fruit and vegetable juices, and encouraging ways of achieving a deeper level of relaxation.

We will also be concerned with ridding the body of accumulated toxins. We may suggest that you eliminates tea, coffee, tobacco and alcohol, and may also suggest that you undertakes a cleansing fast or diet. Make sure you do not stop taking any medications without consulting your doctor first.

When a person undertakes changes in their diet, or undertakes fasting or cleansing diets, a "healing crisis" may be triggered. This is actually a worsening of your symptoms and people who have accumulated a large amount of toxins in the body are considered most susceptible. It is thought that when the dietary changes are made, the toxins are forced out of the body's organs such as the kidneys, liver, lungs and skin and these can become overloaded which leads to an initial worsening of the original condition plus such symptoms as headaches, skin eruptions, bad breath and seemingly unrelated aches and pains. These extra symptoms are generally short-lived and subside within a number of days and are considered as a sign that the healing process has begun.

Common ailments that can be treated or relieve the underlying causes of include: