Naturopathy uses five basic principles of healing. These principles  are thousands of years old.

• First do no harm (primum no nocere)
• Prevention (Preventue)
• The Healing Power of Nature (vis Medicatrix Naturae)
• Identify and treat the Cause (Tolle Causaum)
• Treat the whole Person (TolleTotum)

• Doctor as Teacher (Docere)

The approach to health and disease focuses on;

The restoration of health where health has deteriorated.

The Optimisation of health where good health prevails.

The prevention or slowing down of health deterioration.