Vision

To be a good father, husband, physician and educator. To integrate naturopathic principles in daily life, business and standard medicine.

Mission

To help people in all stages of life experience the world around them beyond their expectations. People need to realize that what they see, do and how they act is limiting. Realization of the body’s inherent ability to maintain health, prevent disease and heal is extraordinary. There are no miracles. There are simply processes in which the body, mind and spirit continually amazes us.

To educate physicians, health professionals, and patients that cure does not mean symptom free; cure is not possible as health requires constant maintenance, balance and perseverance. Once this is realized, the standard medical model of treating illness will be remote. There will be no patients. There will be freedom from the business of medicine. There will be a return to the original ways to regain and maintain health: through pure air, food, water and spirit.

To inform politicians, corporate heads, builders, architects and manufacturers about the often forgotten importance of every day environmental impacts on living systems. Minute, albeit continual exposure to chemicals in air, water, food and soil, are the promoters and causes of disease.

In order for this mission to exist, open minds are required by all. This mission is not grandiose. It is based on simple principles, that when followed, allow significant change to occur.

Benjamin Lynch, ND
March 12, 2010
Bellingham, WA

I. The Healing Power of Nature (Vis Medicatrix Naturae)

Naturopathic medicine recognizes the body's inherent ability, which is ordered and intelligent, to heal itself. Naturopathic physicians act to identify and remove obstacles to recovery, and to facilitate and augment this healing ability.

II. Identify and Treat the Causes (Tolle Causam)

The naturopathic physician seeks to identify and remove the underlying causes of illness, rather than to eliminate or merely suppress symptoms.

III. First Do No Harm (Primum Non Nocere)

Naturopathic medicine follows three principles to avoid harming the patient:

• utilize methods and medicinal substances which minimize the risk of harmful side effects;
• avoid, when possible, the harmful suppression of symptoms;
• acknowledge and respect the individual's healing process, using the least force necessary to diagnose and treat illness.

IV. Doctor as Teacher (Docere)

Naturopathic physicians educate the patient and encourage self-responsibility for health. They also acknowledge the therapeutic value inherent in the doctor-patient relationship.

V. Treat the Whole Person

Naturopathic physicians treat each individual by taking into account physical, mental, emotional, genetic, environmental and social factors. Since total health also includes spiritual health, naturopathic physicians encourage individuals to pursue their personal spiritual path.

VI. Prevention

Naturopathic physicians emphasize disease prevention, assessment of risk factors and hereditary susceptibility to disease and making appropriate interventions to prevent illness. Naturopathic medicine strives to create a healthy world in which humanity may thrive.