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Sheehan Senior Editor Vis medicatrix naturae, "the healing power of nature," means all true healing is the result of the body's naturatability to heal itself according to Randall Bradley, N.D. Bradley, who has received his Doctorate in Naturopathic Medi cine (N.D.), explained that naturopathic medicine employs natural methods to stimulate tne body's own healing processes. "Natural medicine is stimulat ing the natural healing process in the body, and you could theoreti cally use drugs to do that, but unfortunately, drugs don't do that," he said. The N.D. works to restore the inherent healing system when it breaks down and support the healthy system with practices like good nutrition, he said. T ne naturopathic system uses a combination of natural methods such as counseling, nutrition, ho meopathy, botanical medicine and acupuncture. Naturopathy empha sizes the whole person: physically, mentally, and socially. Bradley said these methods are combined into a tailored health care program for the individual. Problems come from a variety of factors including emotional, dietary, lifestyle ana physical in fluences and the N.D. needs to take all these into account when counseling the whole person. Bradley said many people are moving away from calling naturopathic medicine "alternative medicine" and using the term complementary instead. People are beginning to see how natural medicine can complement orthodox medicine, taking the best from both, he said. "They do different things, they both do things well, but neither one of them has all the answers for all the problems," Bradley said. "It's only together that the maxi mizing potential in the auality of the health care can be achieved." Bradley, who received his pre medical undergraduate (B.S.) degree in human biology before obtaining his N.D., said the Na tional College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Ore., requires four years of graduate level medi cal sciences. The program requires the same standard of basic, clinical and di agnostic sciences found in ortho dox medical programs — anat omy, biochemistry, neurology, immunology, microbiology — to B ■ -- -- - W V name a few, he said. These are taken along with the required studies in naturopathic therapeu tics. Because the student must take coursework in natural therapeu tics in addition to a standard medical curriculum, he said, the naturopathic doctor receives more hours of classroom education than the graduates of many leading medical schools like Yale or Johns Hopkins. Like an M.D., the N.D. also chooses a residency, he explained. Bradley chose homeopathy, but one could specialize in acupunc ture or other fields, he said. The student spends the last two years in a supervised clinical internship in the chosen field. When the students graduate, Bradley said, they take board exams and receive licenses under their own boards, much the same as medical doctors. Bradley emphasizes homeopa thy in his counseling, but as an N.D., he also uses nutrition, coun seling and the other naturopathic methods to help the whole indi vidual. Homeopathy, said Bradley, stimulates the body to recover. Homeopathy accepts that all symptoms represent the body's attempts to restore its health, he said. Instead of seeing the fever as something wrong, it is seen as the body's attempt to set the healing process in motion. While conventional medicine might prescribe a cough suppres sant for the patient, the homeo- • path would suggest a remedy tnat will cause a cough in a healthy person because the body is using the coughing action in an attempt to restore itself. The bark used to treat malana is a good example, he said. If one chews the bark used in making the drug for malaria, one will actually develop malarial symptoms with out having the disease. This is similar to the type ot remedy that a homeopath would use to trigger the body's natural healing processes. Drugs used in conventional medicine actually suppress the symptoms of the illness, he said. The symptoms may go away, but the healing process also may be interrupted before it has completed the full cycle. If this happens, Bradley said, the illness may manifest in other areas or later reappear. Homeopathic remedies are made from primarily plants and simple minerals. Thesearediluted with water until little of the origi nal material remains. What remains is just enough to activate the heal ing process. Remedies are chosen based on the condition of the entire state of the person, he said. While evalu ating the symptoms is important, understanding the general and emotional health is just as impor tant in determining the correct remedy. Bradley said homeopathy is winning new popularity in Eu rope, including support from Pnncc Charles of England. And although Rockefeller Foun dation always nas provided finan cial assistance only for conven tional medical students, Rockefeller himself consulted a homeopath, he said. -it----;— Natural medicine is stimulating the natural healing process in the body, and you could theoretically use drugs to do that, but unfortunately, drugs don't do that. ,. Bradley Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine _________ — At this age, you can do a lot of damage to your body. --[»■■! irTi umir miii'iiii'rifnfll WERE FIGHTING FOR VOURUFE American Heart Association PSORIASIS^ z you are 19 or older and in good gen eral health, but suffer from plaque psori asis on 5-20% of your body, you may be selected to participate in one of two studies to test the safety and efficacy of an ointment for the treatment of your condition. For more information, please call 476-6548 HARRIS LABORATORIES, INC. 621 Rose • Lincoln, NE 68502 Movement Continued from Page 8 Observing his actions, Alexan der realized ne tilted his head back and down before speaking. The movement generated pressure on the voice box and throughout his entire structural frame,William son said. Alexander discovered he could consciously move his head for ward and up, and making use of the little bit of space created be tween the joints due to that length ening. "He used the lengthening that was available through his whole body to get a wonderful release of energy and make everything move more gracefully," she said. Williamson said the problem lies in getting around "that little guardian" in the brain that over sees survival instincts, then plac ing something as basic as move ment into the realm of conscious ness. "If you can get it there, you can repeat it so it comes back as habit and then it starts to feel right," she said.