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[[File:Poster natural medicine.png|thumb|Poster about natural medicine by YPIH]]
[[File:Poster natural medicine.png|thumb|Poster about natural medicine by YPIH]]
'''Natural medicine''', '''Naturopathy''' or '''Naturopathic medicine''' is a system that uses natural remedies to help the body heal itself. It embraces many therapies, including [[herbs]], [[massage]], [[acupuncture]], [[exercise]], and [[nutritional counseling]]. Naturopathy was brought to the [[Wikipedia:USA|United States]] from [[Wikipedia:Germany|Germany]] in the 1800s, but some of its treatments are centuries old. Today, it combines traditional treatments with some aspects of modern science,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ratini|first=Melinda|date=2021-02-21|title=What Is Naturopathic Medicine?|url=https://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/what-is-naturopathic-medicine|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2022-01-06|website=WebMD}}</ref> thereby having aspects of [[Alternative medicine|alternative]], [[Complementary medicine|complementary]] and [[integrative medicine]].
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