naturopathy-vitalityThe vitality of the human body is one of the basic concepts of naturopathy, placing emphasis on the inbuilt mechanisms for natural defenses against disease and for self healing and self regeneration.

Naturopathy is a system of healing that relies on natural processes and applying natural remedies as treatments for the body’s conditions and illnesses. Naturopathy places a strong emphasis on the body’s own inbuilt natural abilities. It seeks to limit invasive therapies, such as surgery and the use of artificial chemicals as medicines.

The Natural Vitality Of The Human Body

The primary focus of naturopathy is the central vitality of the human body. This vitality is the natural force at the centre of each individual. It is the sum-total of all the protective, preventive and survival functions of the body. One way of looking at the vitality is to view it as a high-level interpretation of all of the biological, physiological and neurological functions. What this means is if you simply ask yourself - what is all of my biology and all of my psychology trying to achieve for me? Some answers that you may come up with might include your survival, your protection, your happiness and your spiritual growth. The vitality is the sum of all of these functions and more. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts, and at the core of all of these is your health and wellbeing.

Your Vitality At Work

One way that the vitality is expressed is through the body’s capacity for self healing. Nature makes a great effort to defeat illness, through natural processes which are inherent in the body. Naturopathy sees nature as the greatest healer there is. The human body has a self-healing ability, a self-regulating capacity and a self-adjusting power. The innate capacity of the body extends to a natural ability not only to rebuild health under conditions of illness, but to prevent itself from acquiring illness in the first place. The body can therefore restore its internal balance and generate healthy states as well as suppress disease.

Naturopathic healers exploit all these abilities in order to deliver continued health and promote healing. Naturopaths have a great amount of respect for the body’s ability to heal itself, an ability which everyone naturally inherits. In providing treatment, the naturopath merely assists this process by applying appropriate natural methods and channeling the natural functions and abilities of the body.

Supporting And Enhancing Your Vitality

Naturopathic practices also place a strong emphasis on the prevention of conditions, through the reduction of stress in everyday life, and through sticking to a healthy lifestyle, central to which is healthy nutrition. Naturopaths believe that this emphasis will in turn promote the general wellbeing of individuals, and help prevent diseases.

A body that is sound and whole is an alien environment for disease. The vitality regulates the body’s internal balance. It creates conditions within which disease cannot thrive.

Any enhancement of this process should be through the use of natural remedies. That, is the central message of naturopathy.