Natural therapeutics is as old as mankind itself, conveying itself in many ancient religions and cultures. Recently it has been combined with the knowledge of modern medicine and has gained new strength and validity. Ancient beliefs and practices have been studied alongside modern medicine to give way to alternative sources of therapy and healing. Natural therapeutics seeks to prevent and treat illnesses and disease through a combination of practices in the areas of nutrition, massage therapy, homeopathic and herbal medicine and mental balance.
Natural therapeutics is based on fundamental natural laws as well as modern drugless healing methods. The theories part from the idea that illness and diseases are caused by morbid and pathogenic material in the body. Different germs and bacteria feed upon specific types of pathogenic material, which accumulates due to the types of food, drink and toxins we incorporate into the body. When these pathogenic materials build up in the body's tissues, they obstruct the capillary circulation, which interferes with the nutrition and drainage of the cells. This means that the cells both starve to death and cannot purify themselves of their own excretions. That is why the first step to natural therapeutics and also the best method of prevention, is a cleansing of the system, thereby detoxifying the body. This can be done through diet and exercise, which harmonize mental and emotional discord. Therefore the solution to sickness and disease, according to Natural Therapeutics, is not treatment through chemicals and drugs, but to purify and rid the body of the material on which the germs and bacteria feed.