Abstract

A REVIEW ON NATUROPATY AND ITS NOTEWORTHINESS

Bharti Sharma, Dinesh Kumar Yadav* and Babita Kumar

ABSTRACT

Naturopathy includes the treatment of various body ailments using nature and its product. It helps in curing and healing the body problems with the huge focus on Patient compliance. Its therapies had helped patients in overcoming their sufferings without pain and without repetitive administration of the medicines. There are various types of therapies included under Naturopathy as Hydrotherapy, Mud therapy, Acupressor, Chromatherapy, Massage therapy, Aromatherapy, etc. It is a form of alternative medicine which employs a wide array of pseudoscientific practices branded as Natural and as promoting Self healing. The ideology and methods of naturopathy are based on vitalism and self-healing, rather than evidence-based medicine. This natural method of treating body problems is on huge expansion day by day. It is been accepted by wide range of population because of its easiness for usage. Until now, various evidences has confronted us with the prove that it has shown many positive results in curing many chronic diseased conditions like migraine, filariasis, Tuberculosis, Measles, Chickenpox, Conjunctivitis, various types of malaria etc. in patients which are otherwise treated in much painful and complicated manner. It help in healing the ailment by affecting the 5 basic elements of the body. In present scenario naturopathist are gaining the importance and in future also it has wide array of scope in curing ad healing various body ailments and sufferings.

Keywords: Therapies, nature, gravity, Patient compliance.