| Originally coined by the German pioneer Benedict | | | | recommended by Hippocrates. |
| Lust, naturopathy means, literally, "natural treatment," | | | | Training in naturopathy is becoming standard for |
| and today its practitioners are generally those trained | | | | those interested in practicing natural medicine in its |
| at specialist colleges in a range of skills that include | | | | widest sense. Countries such as the United Stated, |
| acupuncture, herbalism, homeopathy, osteopathy, | | | | Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, New Zealand, and |
| hydrotherapy, massage, nutrition, and diet. | | | | South Africa now run full three to four year course |
| Lust came up with the term "naturopathy" after he, | | | | leading to a recognized degree or diploma. |
| and his fellow-countryman Henry Lindlahr, emigrated | | | | Naturopaths hold that infections seldom occur if the |
| to the United States early in the 20th century. But he | | | | body is looked after in the way nature intended and |
| based his ideas almost entirely on those of a 19th | | | | that the body will cure itself of anything as long as it |
| century German predecessor Vincent Preissnitz, who | | | | takes in only pure air and water, is kept clean, and |
| founded "Nature Cure," and the Austrian Dominican | | | | given the right food and healthy activity. But they |
| friar Father Kneipp. Nature Cure, and "natural | | | | also believe that illness is natural and that methods of |
| hygiene," are still terms used by practitioners who | | | | cure should follow the same natural principles. |
| claim to follow this form of natural medicine first | | | | |