Heilpraktiker

Heilpraktiker ("healing practitioner") is a naturopathic profession in Germany. It is recognized as an alternative and complementary health care profession by German law.^[1] A heilpraktiker does not need to have any formal education or training but must have basic knowledge in medical sciences, such as anatomy, physiology and pathology.^[2] Heilpraktiker often specialize in a complementary and alternative field of health care that could be anything from homeopathy, phytotherapy, Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, to reflexology or acupuncture. A heilpraktiker is a person who is allowed to practice as a non-medical practitioner using any unconventional therapy. About 35.000 heilpraktiker are accredited in Germany.^[3]

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