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If you are suffering from depression or another medical condition, you may find Vancouver naturopathy beneficial. By promoting physical activity, healthy diet, and natural health treatments, naturopathy can help you feel better without medication.
Depression affects nearly 1 million Canadians a year, including those in downtown Vancouver. Episodes can last for long periods affecting emotions, physical activity, and a person’s social life. Depression is the feeling of helplessness, hopelessness and worthlessness.
Depressed feelings may last for two weeks or more and are often recurring. Feelings of depression are accompanied by a "down" mood and can tragically result in self-destruction or even suicide. Additionally, depression does not only affect the person with symptoms but also affects their family and friends.
Stop depression early by recognizing these symptoms:
- Decreased interest in physical activity
- Constant sad feelings
- Significant weight changes
- Loss of appetite or increased hunger
- Insomnia or over-sleeping
- Loss of concentration
- Restlessness
- Feelings of self-worthlessness
- Suicidal thoughts
Depression is can be hereditary, however, it can also be caused
by sudden life changes such as a death in the family, job loss, or an
ending relationship. Certain diseases and their medication can also lead to depression; for example, cancer and HIV are often linked with feelings of depression.
There are many medication options prescribed to patients with depression. The most common anti-depressant prescribed in downtown Vancouver is Paxil. In practice, medication is commonly combined with counseling and psychology as this is believed to be more effective than medication alone.
Vancouver Naturopathy believes that depression can be treated without chemical drugs. In downtown Vancouver our clinic specializes in naturopathic treatments for depression and other medical conditions.
Vancouver Naturopathy practices some of the following naturopathic treatments for depression and overall natural health:
- Aromatherapy
A scent inducing therapy used in Vancouver naturopathy
that associates different smells with different emotions. Certain
smells relieve certain feelings; for example, lavender can ease stress.
Aromatherapy is often paired with massage or acupuncture to help
alleviate stress and anxiety felt by patients suffering with depression. This treatment promotes natural health without relying on pharmaceutical drugs. - Bach Flower Therapy
A therapy used in Vancouver naturopathy
known to change emotional and psychological behaviors. The oil from a
variation of 38 different flowers is added to a cup of water and
consumed 4 times a day and induces different energies into the body to
alleviate depression. Flower therapy is also used to promote general natural health and is available in downtown Vancouver. - Color Therapy
A therapy used in Vancouver naturopathy to
promote relaxation. Color is beamed at certain points or "charkas and
meridians" on the patients’ hands and feet and in response to different
colours, different energies are restored in the patients’ body. Chakras
are energy points and meridians are acupuncture points.
Vancouver naturopathy uses the color yellow to alleviate depression.
The color yellow is the "solar plexus chakra" and helps the patients’ mental well being. As well as treating depression, yellow beams can energize, improve memory, improve appetite, and help stimulate the digestive tract.
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