Naturopathy: The holistic approach to health and disease

Russell Trail was the earliest physician to have a significant influence on the growth of Naturopathy promoting the hygienic system consisting of absence of alcohol, hygiene, healthy diet, vegetarianism, bran bread and moderate lifestyle and hydrotherapy. Naturopathy is based on the belief that the human body has an innate ability to heal itself. Naturopaths say their medicine is guided by principles rather than methods and that a special energy - vital energy or vital force - guides the body's processes.

In Botswana, the traditional way of life is well equipped with natural ways of living including phytotherapy. This is unlike the modern lifestyle that comes with diseases like diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and other ailments.