Our immune system is a busy network of lymphoid tissue and organs, cells, humoral factors and cytokines. How easily we are able to resist and recover from disease is largely due to how well our immune system is functioning. A healthy functioning immune system is crucial to overall health and wellbeing as it protects us against the multitude of pathogens we face on a daily basis. Naturopathy believes that the body is a self-regulating organism and thus the naturopath is merely the facilitator whose role it is both to enhance the proper functioning of the immune system so that it can ward off disease and also to protect and support it against further damage.