Table 4.

Categories of treatments prescribed to patients, as reported by naturopaths (n = 859)

Category of treatment prescribed	N (%)
Dietary changes	517 (60.5)
Lifestyle behaviour changes	486 (56.9)
Herbal medicines	463 (54.2)
Nutritional supplements	445 (52.1)
Acupuncture	233 (27.2)
Manual therapies	189 (22.1)
Homeopathy	188 (22.0)
Counselling and psychotherapy	160 (18.7)
Other energetic medicines	137 (16.0)
Testing or investigations	117 (13.7)
Hydrotherapy	115 (13.5)
Other Traditional medicine systems	110 (12.9)
Invasive therapies	58 (6.8)
Other treatments	222 (26.0)