Combining Old And New: Naturopathy For The 21st Century

This is one of the Most important Books on Naturopathy it presents a lot of Documentation on the history, legal, modalities of Naturopaths it demonstrates the modalities that Naturopaths have had since its origins and it shows how Naturopaths are different from Medical Naturopathic Physicians it cites Benedict Lust own words that Naturopathy is Natural Medicine minus Drugs and Surgery. this is the key distinction that shows Medical Naturopaths have branched out from this field and have actually tried to remove the Traditionally Trained Naturopath from practice. Know your History before they remove your practice, support State laws that protect our practice. SB577 is one of them. California Naturopathic Association is in the for front to regulate the our practice to protect our field providing clinical exp., theory and practice up to date info, and the American Naturopathic Medical Association has thousands of members in support of us as well

Great book!!! People are wakng up and realizing pharma is killing them. The book has increased in price like crazy!!! Needed it for a class but I’ll keep it on hand for reference.

This book is very helpful. We need to learn how to help ourselves and not go to the doctor for every little ache or pain. I always try a natural remedy for about two weeks before considering a trip to my Naturopath. I am not against Allopathic Medicine and have used it when needed it. The key tousing Naturopathy is education. One needs to learn as much as possible about it and then will feel comfortable using it.Always research products to make sure you get them In the purest form.

Great help to learn the history and defining the difference of philosophy and thought between Naturopathy and Allopathy . A must study for those interested in the practice of the Naturopathic lifestyle or Mentorship of others...This book brings the old world of Natural Healing and the new world of health and wellness together

Dr. Robert Thiel, the author of "Combining Old and New: Naturopathy for the 21st Century" is a nationally recognized researcher, scientist, and traditional naturopathic practitioner. I take pains to refer to the author as a traditional naturopathic practitioner as distinct from a naturopathic physician owing to a schism that has taken place between two lines of thought and practice in contemporary naturopathy. The point warrants emphasis as Dr. Thiel and his work are very clearly identified with one of them, and that one is the classical naturopathy (not `naturopathic medicine') of Drs. Benedict Lust, Bernard McFadden, John Christopher and the Lindlahrs. Consonant with the philosophy of classical naturopathy, Dr. Thiel believes and makes a convincing argument for the fact that both basic research and clinical science demonstrate that through natural interventions, the body can heal itself of both chronic and acute ailments.This very thorough and very readable work embraces both a history of naturopathy from its remotest origins in antiquity, through its development in 19th century Europe, its pioneering work in America and its elaboration up to the present day as well as a survey of the various schools of thought and philosophies within the naturopathic current and an overview of the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities used by classical naturopaths and embracing the whole range of material, medicinal, mechanical and mental therapies.Well-organized, well researched and yet very enjoyable, Dr. Thiel's work will be useful to several types of reader: the patient who has grown disenchanted with the deficiencies of the conventional biomedical model of healing; the individual considering undertaking training for the professional practice of naturopathy; and both alternative healers as well as the mainstream biomedical practitioners who wish to do more for their patients by making a commitment to their own and their patients' education in the prevention and non-invasive treatment of disease.The book includes extensive extracts from the works of such luminaries as J.H. Kellogg, M.V. Kulkarni, Royal Lee, G.J. Drews, J.H. Tilden, H. Lindlahr and other early naturopathic educators.A testimony to its breadth and its depth, this book is recommended for those reviewing for the examinations conducted by of the American Naturopathic Medical Certification and Accreditation Board for the `Certified Traditional Naturopath' designation and has been adopted as a standard introductory textbook by several naturopathic training institutions.I strongly recommend this work by Dr. Thiel to anyone seriously interested in the field of classical naturopathy and the insights it offers into contemporary health issues. Its technical character does not make it labored reading, and for that reason it is well suited to both professional and lay audiences.

The book was very good and I am glad I read it. It was required reading for my natural health training course and I can see why it was included.

I so far have found this book by far the best in accompanying text books in my studies to becoming a Naturopath.

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Avoid this badly written nonsense. It has nothing to do with naturopathy and everything to do with quackery