Nature's Path: A History of Naturopathic Healing in America

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03/11/2016

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Alternative medical system emphasizes prevention through a healthy lifestyle, the positive power of the mind and spirit, body and therapeutic agents to improve the body # 8217, S innate healing processes, naturopathy has gained legitimacy in recent years. Nature # 8217; s path # 8212; the first comprehensive book to explore the complex history and culture of the American naturopathy # 8212; Susan Cayleff tells the fascinating history of the movement # 8217; s roots.While early nineteenth century naturopaths sometimes separated by strife, all believed in the healing properties of water, food, exercise, sunshine and clean, fresh air, they are. Their political activity is of vital importance for their professional development: they hated invasive, laxatives practice of traditional medicine and protested against the medical treatments that address the symptoms, not the cause of the disease, resisting processed foods, pharmaceuticals, environmental toxins, as well as atomic energy. Cayleff describes the development of naturopathy # 8217; s philosophies and therapeutic details and the efforts of his supporters on the institutionalization of the field. It recognizes prominent naturopathic leaders, explores why women doctors, organizers, teachers, and authors have played such an important role in the movement, and identifies the countercultural views # 8212; such as antivivisection, antivaccination vegetarianism and # 8212; idealistic naturopaths held since 1896 at the moment. Nature # 8217, S Path monitors radical cultural critique the medical system, and a lifestyle that connects body, soul, mind, and daily goals. This is a must read for historians of medicine and women scientists # 8217; s research and political history, as well as naturopaths and all readers interested in alternative medicine.

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