It is not Inflammation, but How you Present it that Divides Mainstream and Naturopathic Medicine

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Solving a problem simply means representing it so as to make the solution transparent

Herbert Simon

As I am reading more into naturopathy, in particular Henry Lindlahr book (philosophy of natural therapeutics) and my study material at Plaskett International, I am astonished by how both mainstream medicine and naturopathic medicine are based on the same basic science principles. They both see inflammation as a mechanism of ridding the body of unwanted matter and a mechanism for tissue healing. But, Naturopathy present inflammation in a way that the solution becomes obvious: support patients by allowing inflammation to take its natural course (without endangering patients’ lives)

While main stream medicine present inflammation in a way that the obvious solution is to suppress it to relive the discomfort caused by it. This prevents inflammation from taking its natural course; the course that ends up by healing!