"Do no harm." The first principle of naturopathic medicine goes all the way back to Hippocrates. Obviously, there's no use in using a therapy for a patient if it's going to cause some other kind of harm. Our San Diego naturopathic doctors avoid prescriptions like those you'd find commonly from conventional doctors that will have adverse side effects. Natural medicines are good for the whole body, and that's the core of naturopathic medicine. Watch this three-minute video on this and some of the other principles of naturopathic medicine.