Naturopathic Modalities

Naturopathic Medical Modalities

Homeopathic Medicine:
Homeopathic medicine is based on the principle of “like cures like.” Clinical observation indicates that it works on a subtle, yet powerful, energetic level, gently acting to promote healing on the physical, mental, and spiritual levels.

Botanical Medicine:
Many plant substances are powerful medicines. Where isolated chemically derived drugs may address only a single problem, botanical medicines are able to address a variety of problems simultaneously. When properly utilized, most botanical medicines can be applied effectively with minimal likelihood of side effects.

Clinical Nutrition:
Food is the best medicine and is a cornerstone of naturopathic practice. Many medical conditions can be treated more effectively with foods and nutritional supplements than they can by other means, with fewer complications and side effects. N.D.s use diet, natural hygiene, fasting, and nutritional supplementation in their practices.

Orthomolecular Medicine:
When vitamins, nutrients, and minerals are difficult to absorb, are depleted, or are not being ingested in sufficient amounts by dietary habits, these can be replaced using supplementation with only the highest medical grade of potency, purity, efficacy and humanitarian comanies ordered through Dr. Ruland, companies she has accounts with, and/or other licensed Naturopathic Doctors.

Lifestyle Counseling/Stress Management:
Mental attitudes and emotional states may influence, or even cause, physical illness. Counseling, nutritional balancing, stress management, hypnotherapy, biofeedback, and other therapies are used to help patients heal psychologically.

Physical Medicine:
Naturopathic medicine has its own methods of therapeutic manipulation of soft tissue, muscles, bones, and spine. N.D.s also use ultrasound, diathermy, exercise, massage, water, heat and cold, and gentle electrical therapies.
Dr. Celeste Ruland treats many of her patients with Naturopathic Bodywork, similar to deep tissue massage.


*Currently, in about 35 of the United States, Naturopathic Doctors are not licensed to provide the following procedures and treatments; however we are fully qualified to do so in the future if state laws change:

Minor Surgery:
Naturopathic physicians do in-office minor surgery, including repair of superficial wounds and removal of foreign bodies, cysts, and superficial lesions.

I.V. Therapy:
a.k.a.: "liquid nutrition". Dr. Ruland has an extra certification in Intravenous therapy which enables her to provide her patients with the advantage of "liquid nutrition" without the side effects of passing through the digestive system. I.V. therapy ranges from vitamins to minerals to chelation compounds. I.V. therapy has so many advantages, please ask Dr. Ruland about how this can specifically be used for your healthcare.

Certain physical exams including female annual health screening, PAP smears, blood collection and testing, microscopic examination, superficial biopsies.

Dr. Ruland

Many Naturopathic Doctors decide to practice as general practitioners. During their medical education, it is difficult to add specialty studies to the rigorous 30 credit quater courseload already required. Eventually, specialties arise based on the population treated. Naturopaths have many treatment modalities to choose from, it is best that one combines treatments to complete a holistic medical treatment program for each patient. Dr. Celeste Ruland knew as a child the benefits of Homeopathy. She had been treated by her family homeopath, Dr. Joel Kreisberg, for both acute and chronic illnesses she experienced in her childhood. [Thankfully these were few and far between because of her prevention-focused natural lifestyle, following in her parents' footsteps.] The ease, individual approach, and profound successful impacts a single remedy can do and maintain for months to years was mesmorizing to Celeste. Her scientific intellect and detective-like mind yearned to learn more about the science, philosophy, and treatment of Homeopathy. One reason Celeste chose to attend NCNM over the other 3(at that time) accredited Naturopathic Medical Schools was for its reputation for its Homeopathic education and Clinical Course work. NCNM offered a Homeopathic certification program. Under the direction of a world-renowned Medical Doctor and Homeopath, Dr. Will Taylor, MD, Celeste earned a certificate in Homeopathy from NCNM. To achieve this, one has to complete the full nine (9) sequential homeopathic medical courses (only 3 are required to graduate as a Naturopathic Doctor without a certificate in homeopathy), attend at least 1 year in the Homeopathic clinic rotation serving the general Portland, Oregon population, write a thesis paper on a homeopathic topic as well as the required Naturopathic Medical thesis or case paper, and attend at least 2 homeopathic seminars outside of NCNM. Celeste went above and beyond these requirements and spent 6 weeks in a Homeopathic Medical hospital in a little village outside of Mumbai, India attending clinic shifts 5 days a week and private 5-person lectures with 10 separate Indian Homeopaths 6 days a week including Rajan Sankaran. Here she lived in the resident dormatories with 5 other students from around the world attending this summer course with the Indian enrolled students at the Smt. Chandaben Mohanbhai Patel Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital. This was the highlight of her Naturopathic and Homeopathic Medical training for so many reasons. One main reason she is so passionate about homeopathy is because of the cures for illnesses she first-hand witnessed during those 6 weeks. A few of these cases included vitiligo, renal lithiasis (kidney stones), broken bones, Tuberculosis, Malaria, immune disturbances, emotional/mental breakdowns, common colds and influenzas, leprosy, pharyngitis, as well other physical, mental, and physiological illnesses claimed "incurable or undiagnosable" by the allopathic medical field. While practicing homeopathy, Celeste has witnessed patients improve dramatically from both debilitating chronic diseases as well as acute illnesses. Her most dramatic successful personal patient cases include a female with a 10 year history of severe psoriatic arthritis, a fractured clavicular bone, a 4 year old child with unknown fever, multiple sclerosis, acne, night terrors, fibromyalgia and myasthenia gravis, to name a few. Please contact Dr. Ruland with questions about Homeopathy or Naturopathy. I understand how confusing this modality may be, partly because of its low popularity in America compared to the rest of the world, yet she strives to educate all interested.