An unconventional practice, naturopathy is part of alternative medicine and promotes self-healing of the body using natural elements (plants, food, baths, etc.). But vagueness reigns over this approach, and it may be difficult to sort out practices that promote a healthier lifestyle and deviations that prove, scientifically, at best ineffective, at worst dangerous for health. Fasting against cancer, touching children to bring down fever, fecal transplants without medical supervision… Here is an overview of the most dubious practices that worry doctors and scientists.
The most worrying excesses of naturopathy in France
