Naturotherapy

Naturotherapy is an complementary medicine which aims at the well-being of the client by using practices based on lifestyle. This discipline promotes the use of natural and ecological methods such as healthy diets, phytotherapy, and massage therapy.

Naturotherapists in the Association are also trained massage therapists and give an important role to massage therapy in all naturopathic treatments.

Training in Naturotherapy

In order to be recognized as a naturotherapist, the massage therapist member of the Réseau must have successfully completed several courses specific to naturotherapy included among the following:

• Natural allergy remedies
• Antioxidants
• Acido-basics
• Aromatherapy
• Bacteriology and virology
• Balneotherapy
• Organic detoxification
• Organic dysfunctions
• The study of medicinal plants
• The study of essential oils
• The study of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats
• Herb products
• Homoeopathy
• Pharmaceutical drugs vs. natural products
• Mineralogy
• Nutrition
• Oligotherapy
• Phytotherapy
• Reeducation on anti-inflammatory diet
• Vitamin therapy