Nature Cures Mission: Immediate & Long Term Health

The Mission of Nature Cures Clinic is to provide high quality health care services and products, education, and community development through a business that is dedicated to sustainable ecological practices, cooperative management and equitable delivery of services and products. This mission will be continuously pursued in the following ways:

• Promote the immediate and long-term health of clinic customers, within a context that adheres to the 6 principles defining naturopathic medicine:
  • Vis Medicatrix Naturae – respect and utilize the healing power of nature
  • Tolle Causam – identify and remove the causes of disease whenever possible
  • Treat the Whole Person – consider the individual and their personal experience within the context of the multifaceted nature of health and disease
  • Do No Harm – utilize methods and medicinal substance which minimize the risk or harmful effects and apply the least possible force or intervention necessary to restore health
  • Docere – use the role of physician to educate patients about health and disease
  • Prevention – work both individually and socially to create conditions that promote continued healthy living
• Offer the highest quality services and products for the support and maintenance of health and well being
• Educate the public about naturopathic and Chinese medicine and philosophy
• Extend its services to individuals and populations otherwise under-served by health care professionals
• Promote environmentally conscious development, and conduct itself in a manner consistent with conservation of resources and ecological sustainability
• Promote human rights and educate the public about the relationship between social conditions and individual mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health