Explore the 8 Eras of natural medicine, tracing the evolution of healing traditions across history.
Ancient Medicines
Emerging Classical and Folk Medicine Traditions
American and European Medicine of the 19th Century
The Birth of Naturopathy
Coalescence of Naturopathic Institutions
The Elders Seed a Renaissance
From Naturopathy to Naturopathic Medicine
Professionalization, Institutionalization and Collaboration
Person-Centered Gaian Care
In Development…
The Library at Nature’s Medicine Through Time houses an archive of historical images and scholarly PDF articles that serve as primary sources for the project’s research and visual documentation.
The Library is coming soon in Phase II of our project. The archive is an evolving archive where visitors will be able to explore historical images, documents, and rare PDF articles that illuminate the rich lineage of natural medicine through the ages.
Explore the Tools of this website to help you navigate the language and landscape of Nature’s Medicine Through Time.
The Domain Guide is your map to the vast world of medicine through time. Each domain represents a major area of knowledge, practice, or influence that has shaped natural medicine’s history and ongoing story.
Reference guide explaining the abbreviations, organizations, and credentials commonly used throughout the Nature’s Medicine Through Time project and the naturopathic field.
Dr. David Schleich considers the unique value of this website of as a vital tool for understanding the history of natural medicine, and naturopathic physicians in particular, showing how its principles and professional formation empower the field to remain resilient, relevant, and forward-looking.
We honor the diverse cultural, indigenous, and traditional medical lineages that shaped natural medicine, and express gratitude to key historical authors and texts that inform this resource.
We reflect on the history, evolution, and collaborative development of the Nature’s Medicine Through Time project, honoring its contributors while tracing naturopathic medicine’s professional, cultural, and therapeutic lineages.