About
Your Partner in True Healing
Candace McNaughton, ND will help you make lasting changes in your life and achieve health goals.
Although trained as a generalist, Dr. McNaughton specializes in pre-diabetes, diabetes, weight loss, detoxification, and making real change!
Dr. McNaughton facilitates healing of body, mind, and spirit as a knowledgable guide and partner. You will be an active participant in your healing process.
History, labs, and diagnosis are the same as conventional doctors. Therapeutics are natural medicine.
Therapeutics used:
Dr. McNaughton gives regular talks in Seattle on diabetes, weight loss, allergies, detoxification, naturopathic medicine, and nutrition. Check this site under “Talks” for her current Health Talks schedule. You can also request to have her give a talk at your location. Have an area of natural medicine you’re curious about? She will tailor her talk to your group!
What is an ND’s training?
Naturopathic education consists of a four year doctoral program that includes conventional medical education and diagnostics as well as thorough training in natural therapeutics. Generally, ND’s use the same means to diagnose patients as conventional MD’s, then use natural therapies to heal.
What is Naturopathic Medicine?
The six principles of Naturopathic Medicine guide all naturopathic physicians in their treatment approaches.
1. Primum Non Nocere
First, do no harm. Choose treatments that cause the least harm to the patient.
2. Vis Medicatrix Naturae
Respect the healing power of Nature.
3. Tolle causam
Identify and treat the causes of disease.
We relieve symptoms while treating the cause.
4. Docere
The doctor is a teacher, and an informed patient achieves the greatest health.
5. Treat the Whole Person
Address mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical levels of health.
6. Prevention
Naturopathic physicians advocate a proactive approach to health.
What is the legal status of naturopathic medicine?
ND’s are licensed to practice medicine in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Idaho, and Washington. Doctors must register to practice in the District of Colombia and Kansas. Legislative efforts are in process in many other states. This is important because state licensure ensures regulation of education and practice and the safety of patient care. Most of the licensed US states have professional associations for ND’s, and there is a national organization, the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians. Their web address is www.naturopathic.org
Phone:
206-569-4627
Email:
Info@CrescentNH.com