The Foundations of Naturopathic Medicine–The Healing Power of Nature will be a multi-volume textbook series published by the Foundations of Naturopathic Medicine Institute (FNMI).

FNMI is an international, intergenerational codification of the philosophy, principles and theory of naturopathic medicine with modern science, clinical practice and public policy; a collaboration of over 300 authors, editors, colleges and agencies in the naturopathic medical community dedicated to developing teaching tools, resources and a textbook series for naturopathic medical and integrative health professions. Editorial Team: Executive and Senior Editors: Pamela Snider, ND (Executive Editor, US); Jared Zeff, ND, LAc (US); Joseph Pizzorno, ND (US); Stephen Myers, ND, BMed, PhD (AU); James Sensenig, ND (in memoriam); Roger Newman Turner, ND, DO, BAc ( UK); Don Warren, ND (CA); Thom Kruzel, ND (US). Production Editor Kelsang Tenpa, MA (US); Medical Editor Amy Neil, MS, MAP (US).

The FMNI pre-release material is found in journal articles published in Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal (IMCJ) and in pages on this website published by FNMI. To access an article, click on its image.

Defining the profession by its principles, not by its modalities
Snider P, Zeff J. Unifying Principles of Naturopathic Medicine Origins and Definitions. Integr Med (Encinitas). 2019 Aug;18(4):36-39. PMID: 32549831; PMCID: PMC7219457.
Finnell JS, Snider P, Myers SP, Zeff J. A Hierarchy of Healing: Origins of the Therapeutic Order and Implications for Research. Integr Med (Encinitas). 2019 Jun;18(3):54-59. PMID: 32549816; PMCID: PMC7217399.
Finnell JS, Snider P, Myers SP, Zeff J. A Hierarchy of Healing: Origins of the Therapeutic Order and Implications for Research. Integr Med (Encinitas). 2019 Jun;18(3):54-59. PMID: 32549816; PMCID: PMC7217399.
The naturopathic model of healing is a general model describing the fundamental process of disturbance and recovery within the living body. It is understood as a process rather than a separate disease entity. It is a method that proposes that the body restores itself after a sufficient amount of disturbance accumulates within the system. This is why the common cold has no “cure” It is the ‘cure’ for what is disturbing the body.
Zeff J, Snider P, Myers S. Naturopathic Model of Healing-The Process of Healing Revisited. Integr Med (Encinitas). 2019 Aug;18(4):26-30. PMID: 32549828; PMCID: PMC7219459.
Coulter I, Snider P, Neil A. Vitalism-A Worldview Revisited: A Critique Of Vitalism And Its Implications For Integrative Medicine. Integr Med (Encinitas). 2019 Jun;18(3):60-73. PMID: 32549817; PMCID: PMC7217401.
Coulter I, Snider P, Neil A. Vitalism-A Worldview Revisited: A Critique Of Vitalism And Its Implications For Integrative Medicine. Integr Med (Encinitas). 2019 Jun;18(3):60-73. PMID: 32549817; PMCID: PMC7217401.
Emunctorology is a synthesis of traditional naturopathic medicine practice and modern science that provides a multisystem construct allowing the integrated study of the organs of elimination (the emunctories), their functional relationships, the role they play in maintaining normal physiology (homeostasis) through the elimination of waste material and toxic substances, the pathophysiology that occurs if the emunctories function sub-optimally or are diseased, and the clinical strategies that are used in modern naturopathic medicine to treat, nourish, tonify, stimulate and sedate the emunctories in the maintenance of good health.
Myers SP, Kruzel T, Zeff J, Snider P. Emunctorology: Synthesising Traditional Naturopathic Practice with Modern Science. Integr Med (Encinitas). 2019 Jun;18(3):40-41. PMID: 32549808; PMCID: PMC7217398.
The purpose of this executive summary is to provide a brief review of the key ideas and discussion of each session of the editorial Retreat. The participants should find this to be a useful encapsulation of the Retreat. We hope that this document will help ensure a general understanding of the participants’ extensive contributions, which are detailed elsewhere.
Snider P, Zeff J, Sensenig J, Pizzorno J, Myers S, Newman Turner R, Warren D, Campbell V, editors. First International Editors Retreat. Proceedings Report Executive Summary; 2007 April 1-5; Stevenson, WA. North Bend, WA: Foundations of Naturopathic Medicine Institute, Foundations of Naturopathic Medicine Project; 2007.