"Naturopathic" is a neologism used to add veneer to pseudoscientific bullshit. There is no such thing as "naturopathic" medicine, nor is there such a thing as "allopathic" medicine, the term of derision invented by the hucksters who sell anti-science woo. Naturopathy is a scam, pure and simple. If it wasn't, it would just be "medicine."

There is no such thing as "alternative" medicine. There is scientific medicine, and there is bullshit pretending to be medicine.

Most people in the woo industry know this, but they have a financial interest in covering it up. Amusingly, people defend the woo peddler by pointing to the for-profit character of "mainstream" ("allopathic," "traditional," "scientific&quot medicine.

Well, that's crap as a reason. I have never met anyone involved in the provision of pseudoscientific fake medicine who wasn't in it for the money, and seeking a less regulated environment with more gullible consumers and less scientific oversight by calling what they do "alternative" medicine. The "nutritional supplement" business is, on a per capita and per consumer basis, FAR more profitable than "Big Pharma" ever was, for example. And yet they don't have to prove their elixirs and magic pills work, can claim anything they like as long as they put a disclaimer in fine print ("This product is not intended to treat, cure, or prevent any disease" -- look for it!). So unlike Merck or Lilly, these guys do no research, have no overhead, and are not regulated. Instead they have a license to print money selling placebos at best, dangerous substances at worst.

Glad to see some in the business have the capacity for conscience.