Naturopathy, or naturopathic medicine, is a form of alternative medicine employing a wide array of practices branded as natural, non-invasive or promoting self-healing, ranging from the pseudoscientific and thoroughly discredited, such as homeopathy, to the widely accepted, such as certain forms of psychotherapy. Its ideology and methods rest on vitalism and folk medicine rather than evidence-based medicine, and its practice has been characterized as quackery.
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Naturopathy is the treatment approach practiced within naturopathic medicine.
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- Term naturopathy coined in 1895 by John Scheel
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as naturopaths. These treatments range from the pseudoscientific and thoroughly discredited, such as homeopathy, to the widely accepted, such as certain forms of psychotherapy. The ideology and methods of naturopathy are based on vitalism and folk medicine rather than evidence-ba
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