Naturopathy, or naturopathic medicine, is a form of alternative medicine. A wide array of practices branded as "natural", "non-invasive", or promoting "self-healing" are employed by its practitioners, who are known as naturopaths. Difficult to generalize, these treatments range from the pseudoscientific and thoroughly discredited, like homeopathy, to the widely accepted, like certain forms of psychotherapy. The ideology and methods of naturopathy are based on vitalism and folk medicine rather than evidence-based medicine, although practitioners may use techniques supported by evidence. The ethics of naturopathy have been called into question by medical professionals and its practice has been characterized as quackery.

प्राकृतिक चिकित्सा एक वैकल्पिक चिकित्सा-पद्धति एवं दर्शन है जिसमें 'प्राकृतिक', 'स्व-चिकित्सा' (self-healing), 'अनाक्रामक' (non-invasive) आदि कहे जाने वाले तरीकों का उपयोग होता है जिन्हें छद्मवैज्ञानिक तरीके कहा जा सकता है । प्राकृतिक चिकित्सा का दर्शन और विधियाँ प्राणतत्त्ववाद और लोक चिकित्सा पर आधारित हैं न कि प्रमाण-आधारित चिकित्सा (EBM) पर।