NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE

Naturopathic Organizations

American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP)

• AANP - national organization, the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians. Use this site to find an ND near you.
• NCNM - The National College of Natural Medicine, my alma mater.
• AANMC - Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges. Lists all the 4-year professional schools that train NDs.

Naturopathic Schools

Naturopathic History
Naturopathic Medicine has quite a colorful past. It traces its recent roots to the European Nature Cure movement of the 1800's.

Leaders in this form of healing included Vincenz Priessnitz, Louis Kuhne, and Father Sebastian Kneipp in Germany,  Johannes Schroth in Austria, and Arnold Rikli in Switzerland, among many others. 

In the USA, prominent N.D./M.D.s included Benedict Lust,  James Jackson,  John Kellog, Henry Lindlahr,  John H. Tilden, R.T. Trall, Samuel Thompson. They pioneered modern western forms of hydrotherapy, herbalism, sunbathing, and concepts such as "toxemia" and "enervation". The idea of "detoxification" is deeply tied to the roots of Naturopathic medicine.

National College of Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM)
Bastyr University
Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine
Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine
Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine