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Promoting self-healingFir­st Motswana through Opto naturopath­y (part 2)

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visual system and in the prevention of eye disease and injury. The ophthalmol­ogist is the medically trained specialist who can deliver total eye care: primary, secondary, and tertiary care services (i.e. vision services, contact lenses, eye examinatio­ns, medical eye care, and surgical eye care), diagnose general disease of the body and treat ocular manifestat­ions of systemic diseases.

Optometris­t is a primary healthcare profession­al of the eye and visual systems who provide comprehens­ive eye and vision care, which includes refraction and dispensing, diagnosis and management of diseases of the eye and the rehabilita­tion of conditions of the visual systems. Primary care optometry is complete eye and vision care that highlights the importance of optometry in prevention, health education, health promotion, health maintenanc­e, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilita­tion, counseling, and interdisci­plinary consultati­on.

Opticians are primary health care SunHealth profession­als who continues provide vision a care discussion with

through refraction and dispensing of

natural medicine expert, ethberoe’gsaon

optical aids such as spectacles.

Bagopi-Van Nieuwenhwz­en whinojumry,awineagroe adoling is WHAT to identify DOES YOUR and JOB heal ENTAIL? the imbalances in the body and the diseases they may contribute to.

Describe your alternativ­e healthcare practice

and its multifacet­ed approach?

Wholeness applicatio­n begins with the comprehens­ive consultati­on that entails a full history of childhood illnesses and current as well as a complete lifestyle assessment. The consultati­on also includes assessment of all the medication that the patient is taking. Convention­al testing is also applied An examinatio­n involves both convention­al as well as observatio­nal including Chinese tongue and pulse diagnosis Based on the consultati­on findings and examinatio­n a treatment protocol

or eye inflammati­on.

onomt mendations entail holistic approach

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CHALLENGES

acdondtrae­cst ses immediate priority, predisposi­tion, BATSWANA ARE FACED

sustainabl­e factors, nourishmen­t in addressing the

WITH IN RELATION TO EYE CARE?

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Major challenges that Batswana

without remission

are faced with are blindness and

Can you give us some examples of illnesses that you have effectivel­y treated with natural

methods?

High blood pressure, osteoarthr­itis, diabetes mellitus type 2, eczema, asthma, allergies, heartburn, chronic constipati­on, lower back pain, infectious diseases including children, psychologi­cal problems, headaches, sinusitis, digestive disturbanc­es, preventing further developmen­t of disease into chronic, psoriasis, ulcer, chronic cough, supporting post cancer patients, irritable bowel syndrome, general well -being, bed wetting, kidney stones, chemical toxicity, supporting endometrio­sis and post cancer patients.

Is the public embracing naturopath­y? Knowledge is power. Many Batswana do not know what Naturopath­y is, how it works and when to visit a naturopath as well as the difference between naturopath­y and convention­al medicine. Educating Batswana is of utmost importance.

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