Tips To Select The Best Naturopath Sydney

by Sydney Health Wellness Centre Joanne Kennedy Naturopathy

Summary: Naturopathy is a term of recent origin due to the emergence of the use of natural medicine for both acute and chronic illness. Naturoapthy is howerver a philosophy of healing with an emmence historical basis. Evidence of its use is traced back to many ancient cultures including Egyptian, Indian, Chinese, ancient western civilsations (Greek, Roman, Celtic).

Naturopathy and it use of herbalism has been used in all indigenous cultures throughout history. In fact, it is the active constituents of plants and their healing properties that provided modern pharmaceutical medicine the basis of the drugs used in allopathic medicine today. Research continues on these plants for both their use in herbal medicine and pharmaceuticals.

The reason naturopathy has emerged again as a healing technique is due to its underlying philosphy of ‘first do no harm’ which is in contrast to pharmaceutical drugs that have many side effects. The other principles of naturopathy are ‘use the healing power of nature’; ‘identify and treat the cause of illness’; ‘treat the whole person’; ‘doctor is the teacher’ and ‘prevention is better than cure’.

Naturopathy is an umbrella term for a combination of healing techniques including herbal medicine, nutritional medicine, massage, lifestyle medicine (eg, sleep, exercise). A naturopath may also recommed bach flower or bush flower remedies, homeopathy, yoga therapy, and meditation. A good Naturopath Sydney will employ the right combination of these techniques for wholistic healing. Furthermore, a good Naturopath Sydney will tailor each treatment protocol for each individual patient, offering them wholistic personalised care.

Naturopathic medicine is also embracing the benefits of modern science with the use of DNA testing and functional pathology testing. DNA testing is useful for treatment as it identifies certain genes that aren’t functioning optimally. The use of nutrition to correct genetic errors is called nutrigenomics as is beoming increasingly popular. Functional medicine tesing is also becoming more popular due to its ability to identify the underlying cause of health issues. The Best Naturopath Sydney will endevour to use DNA testing and functional pathology testing to unravel a complex case.

A genetic mutation that has gained a lot of interest lately is the MTHF gene. A mutation on the MTHFR gene reduces the amount of active folate (methylfoalte) in the body. Methylfoalte is essential for a procees called methylation. Methylation is involved in DNA & RNA replication, histmine degradation, liver detoxification of hormones and neurotransmitters, cell membrane produciton and repair, immune system function and energy production.

If you have the MTHFR gene mutation and require MTHR Treatment Sydney or MTHFR Treatment Skype. Sydney Naturopath Joanne Kennedy is avaialbile for consults. Further information is available at www.joannekennedy.com.au