INTRODUCTION TO NATUROPATHY
Naturopathy is also known as Naturopathic
medicine or Nature medicine or Nature cure.
The human body as well as the whole universe is
made up of panchamahabhoota (five basic element)
1.Air (Vayu)
2.Water (Aap)
3.Earth (Prithvi)
4.Sky (Akash)
5. Fire (Tejas)
DEFINITIONS
Naturopathy is a system of man building in
harmony with the constructive principles of
nature on physical, mental, moral and spiritual
planes of living. It has great health promotive,
disease preventive and curative as well as
restorative potential.
, Naturopathy is a system of alternative medicine
based on the theory that diseases can be
successfully treated or prevented without the use
of drugs, by techniques such as control of diet,
exercise, and massage.
Naturopathy is the drugless system of medicine.
Nature cure is a constructive method of
treatment which aims at removing the basic cause
of disease through the rational use of the
elements freely available in nature. It is not only a
system of healing, but also a way of life, in tune
with the internal vital forces or natural elements
comprising the human body.
AIMS OF NATUROPATHY
Naturopathy aims at educating people, for following
healthier way of life and protects themselves
against diseases by natural methods like mud
therapy, hydrotherapy, fasting etc.
, HISTORY
Naturopathy is a very old science.
It was practiced in ancient Egypt, Greece and
Rome.
There are references in India, ancient sacred
books about the extensive use of nature’s
excellent healing agent such as air, earth, water
and sun.
The great baths of the Indus valley civilization as
discovered at Mohenjo-Daro in old Sind testifies
to the use of water for curative purpose in ancient
India.
The modern methods of nature cure originated in
Germany in 1822, when Vincent Priessnitz
established the first Hydropathic or Watercure
establishment there. With this great success in
Water cure, the idea of drugless healing spread
throughout the civilised world and many medical
practitioners throughout the civilized world and
many medical practitioners from America and
Naturopathy is also known as Naturopathic
medicine or Nature medicine or Nature cure.
The human body as well as the whole universe is
made up of panchamahabhoota (five basic element)
1.Air (Vayu)
2.Water (Aap)
3.Earth (Prithvi)
4.Sky (Akash)
5. Fire (Tejas)
DEFINITIONS
Naturopathy is a system of man building in
harmony with the constructive principles of
nature on physical, mental, moral and spiritual
planes of living. It has great health promotive,
disease preventive and curative as well as
restorative potential.
, Naturopathy is a system of alternative medicine
based on the theory that diseases can be
successfully treated or prevented without the use
of drugs, by techniques such as control of diet,
exercise, and massage.
Naturopathy is the drugless system of medicine.
Nature cure is a constructive method of
treatment which aims at removing the basic cause
of disease through the rational use of the
elements freely available in nature. It is not only a
system of healing, but also a way of life, in tune
with the internal vital forces or natural elements
comprising the human body.
AIMS OF NATUROPATHY
Naturopathy aims at educating people, for following
healthier way of life and protects themselves
against diseases by natural methods like mud
therapy, hydrotherapy, fasting etc.
, HISTORY
Naturopathy is a very old science.
It was practiced in ancient Egypt, Greece and
Rome.
There are references in India, ancient sacred
books about the extensive use of nature’s
excellent healing agent such as air, earth, water
and sun.
The great baths of the Indus valley civilization as
discovered at Mohenjo-Daro in old Sind testifies
to the use of water for curative purpose in ancient
India.
The modern methods of nature cure originated in
Germany in 1822, when Vincent Priessnitz
established the first Hydropathic or Watercure
establishment there. With this great success in
Water cure, the idea of drugless healing spread
throughout the civilised world and many medical
practitioners throughout the civilized world and
many medical practitioners from America and
