Nature has provided all the elements, within the ranges of the natural foods, which man needs in the way of food and medicine. Thus, the healing power by naturopathy is nothing new to Indian tradition. Nature cure treatments are very ancient and were widely practiced in ancient Rome, Egypt, Greece and India. Infact, in Indian homes, home remedies have always come before the doctor`s medicines. The times have yet not changed even in the metropolitan cities in India; however the term, Naturopathy is relatively of recent origin. Naturopathy believes that all the healing powers are within ones body, hence people actually fall ill only when they go against nature. It is nature, which cures, not the physician and the Vedic culture of ancient India highlights the use of natures foremost healing agents, water, air, earth and sun. The origin of Naturopathy could be traced right to Vedic period wherein Dietary discipline (Pathya & Ahara) and the principles of Health (Swastha Vurtha) described in Ayurveda have branched out and developed in the form of today`s Naturopathy.
Even today, strong recommendations of these natural treatments are prescribed for most of the diseases; and these diseases are actually the toxins, which are expelled from the body to cure the same. Indian naturopathy has described certain nature`s way to recover from these diseases; thus, thorough rest, including fasting, is the most favorable condition in which an ailing body can purify and recoup itself. The basic theory of Naturopathy is based upon the fact that we are born healthy and can stay healthy by living in accordance with laws of nature.
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