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style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="state"><a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">United States</div><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=National_University_of_Natural_Medicine&params=45.5016_N_122.6767_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" 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href="/wiki/Phoenix_(mythology)" title="Phoenix (mythology)">Phoenix</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nunm.edu/">www<wbr />.nunm<wbr />.edu</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>National University of Natural Medicine</b> (<b>NUNM</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">private university</a> of <a href="/wiki/Naturopathy" title="Naturopathy">naturopathic</a> medicine, <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine" title="Traditional Chinese medicine">Classical Chinese medicine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nutrition" title="Nutrition">nutrition</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Terry_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Terry-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school has approximately 553 students.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NUNM and similar naturopathic programs are not accredited as <a href="/wiki/Medical_school" title="Medical school">medical schools</a> but as special programs that are overseen by a naturopathic council which is not required to be scientific.<sup id="cite_ref-health-robbers_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-health-robbers-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MMStestimony2015_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMStestimony2015-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hermes-accred_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hermes-accred-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Naturopathic programs have been accused by critics of misrepresenting their medical rigor and their ability to train <a href="/wiki/Primary_care" title="Primary care">primary care</a> clinicians.<sup id="cite_ref-atwood2003_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atwood2003-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Thielking2016_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thielking2016-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LeMieux2016_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeMieux2016-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2024 report found that students in NUNM's medical doctorate program had the highest debt-to-income ratio among graduate programs in the US, at 766%.<sup id="cite_ref-opb-part2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opb-part2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-scorecard-data_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scorecard-data-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_University_of_Natural_Medicine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/National_University_of_Natural_Medicine" title="Special:EditPage/National University of Natural Medicine">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2016</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NCNM_students_outdoors.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/NCNM_students_outdoors.jpg/170px-NCNM_students_outdoors.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/NCNM_students_outdoors.jpg/255px-NCNM_students_outdoors.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/NCNM_students_outdoors.jpg/340px-NCNM_students_outdoors.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="324" /></a><figcaption>Students on campus</figcaption></figure> <p>The National University of Natural Medicine is the oldest programmatically accredited naturopathic medical school in North America. NUNM began in the early 1950s, in response to the termination of the naturopathic program at <a href="/wiki/Western_States_Chiropractic_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Western States Chiropractic College">Western States Chiropractic College</a>. Members of the profession from <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a> planned the founding of the school and in May 1956, Charles Stone, W. Martin Bleything and Frank Spaulding executed the <a href="/wiki/Articles_of_Incorporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Articles of Incorporation">Articles of Incorporation</a> of the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>NCNM opened other satellite campus locations in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>. NCNM's board of trustees and college administration (including <a href="/wiki/John_Bastyr" class="mw-redirect" title="John Bastyr">John Bastyr</a>, Joe Boucher, Robert Fleming, Gerald Farnsworth, Joe Pizzorno and Bruce Canvasser) decided to unify all of its campus locations in Portland.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The first physical location owned by the college was the Market Street campus in southeast Portland.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_College_of_Naturopathic_Medicine_(Portland,_Oregon).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/National_College_of_Naturopathic_Medicine_%28Portland%2C_Oregon%29.jpg/170px-National_College_of_Naturopathic_Medicine_%28Portland%2C_Oregon%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/National_College_of_Naturopathic_Medicine_%28Portland%2C_Oregon%29.jpg/255px-National_College_of_Naturopathic_Medicine_%28Portland%2C_Oregon%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/National_College_of_Naturopathic_Medicine_%28Portland%2C_Oregon%29.jpg/340px-National_College_of_Naturopathic_Medicine_%28Portland%2C_Oregon%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="507" data-file-height="676" /></a><figcaption>Entrance to the building in April 2006, showing the college's pre-2006 name</figcaption></figure> <p>By 1995, the college began negotiations to purchase its current location in downtown Portland. Classes were relocated to this campus in September 1996 and clinical education was housed in two clinics (<a href="/wiki/Natural_Health_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural Health Center">Natural Health Center</a> and the Pettygrove Clinic). The historic building that has served as NCNM's main campus since 1996 was built in 1912 as an elementary school named Failing School (in honor of former mayor <a href="/wiki/Josiah_Failing" title="Josiah Failing">Josiah Failing</a>) and from 1961 until the 1990s was a <a href="/wiki/Portland_Community_College" title="Portland Community College">Portland Community College</a> campus.<sup id="cite_ref-oreg-16sep2007_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oreg-16sep2007-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, these clinics were consolidated into one location on campus, the NCNM Clinic.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In July 2006, NCNM changed its name to the National College of Natural Medicine.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In June 2016, the school changed its name to the National University of Natural Medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-Terry_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Terry-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Public_Broadcasting" title="Oregon Public Broadcasting">Oregon Public Broadcasting</a> reported that students who pursued doctorates of naturopathic medicine typically took on high levels of debt. For NUNM, the median loan was $263,594 and the median earnings were $34,431, resulting in a debt to earnings ratio of 766%. This was the highest ratio among graduate programs in the US.<sup id="cite_ref-opb-part2_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opb-part2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-scorecard-data_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scorecard-data-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_University_of_Natural_Medicine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NCNM_students.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/NCNM_students.jpg/170px-NCNM_students.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/NCNM_students.jpg/255px-NCNM_students.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/NCNM_students.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="212" /></a><figcaption>Students on campus</figcaption></figure> <p>NUNM has four colleges/schools: College of Naturopathic Medicine, College of Classical Chinese Medicine, and School of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies. It offers seven professional graduate degree programs: Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (ND), Doctor of Acupuncture with a Chinese Herbal Medicine Specialization (DAcCHM), Master of Acupuncture with a Chinese Herbal Medicine Specialization (MAcCHM), Master of Acupuncture (MAc), Master of Science in Nutrition, and Master of Science in Global Health. Undergraduate programs include nutrition and integrative health sciences. These programs include preparation and clinical practice in <a href="/wiki/Holism" title="Holism">holism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NUNM is a member of the American Association of Naturopathic Medical Colleges and is accredited by the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Commission_on_Colleges_and_Universities" title="Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities">Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities</a>, the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education and the <a href="/wiki/Accreditation_Commission_for_Acupuncture_and_Herbal_Medicine" title="Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine">Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Princeton_Review" title="The Princeton Review">The Princeton Review</a> reports that naturopathic medicine program had an acceptance rate of 82% with an average undergraduate GPA of 3.38.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NUNM_Clinic">NUNM Clinic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_University_of_Natural_Medicine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: NUNM Clinic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NCNM_Clinic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/NCNM_Clinic.jpg/220px-NCNM_Clinic.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/NCNM_Clinic.jpg/330px-NCNM_Clinic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/NCNM_Clinic.jpg/440px-NCNM_Clinic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="358" /></a><figcaption>The NUNM Health Center (<i>pictured in 2009</i>) is the primary teaching clinic of National University of Natural Medicine.</figcaption></figure> <p>The NUNM Health Center is a <a href="/wiki/Teaching_clinic" title="Teaching clinic">teaching clinic</a> where licensed naturopathic doctors and acupuncturists work with and train students. It is owned and managed by the university. The health center features a medicinary, private offices, conference rooms and a state-licensed laboratory. </p><p>The university also has several community clinics, in conjunction with other agencies and as a member of the Coalition of Community Clinics,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which offers low-cost naturopathic care and acupuncture in the Portland metropolitan area.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, the NUNM Community Clinics provided services to more than 40,000 patients.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campus">Campus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_University_of_Natural_Medicine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Josiah_Failing_School_sign_on_west_roof_of_NCNM_Portland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Josiah_Failing_School_sign_on_west_roof_of_NCNM_Portland.jpg/220px-Josiah_Failing_School_sign_on_west_roof_of_NCNM_Portland.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Josiah_Failing_School_sign_on_west_roof_of_NCNM_Portland.jpg/330px-Josiah_Failing_School_sign_on_west_roof_of_NCNM_Portland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Josiah_Failing_School_sign_on_west_roof_of_NCNM_Portland.jpg/440px-Josiah_Failing_School_sign_on_west_roof_of_NCNM_Portland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3197" /></a><figcaption>Failing School sign still in place on the roofline of NUNM's main building</figcaption></figure> <p>NUNM's main building was constructed in 1912 as an elementary school in the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Public_Schools_(Oregon)" title="Portland Public Schools (Oregon)">Portland Public Schools</a> system, named <b>Failing School</b>, for former mayor <a href="/wiki/Josiah_Failing" title="Josiah Failing">Josiah Failing</a>. It was a replacement for an 1883-built wooden school building with that name, located about two blocks away,<sup id="cite_ref-Closure_of_Failing_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Closure_of_Failing-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was torn down in 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-oreg-16sep2007_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oreg-16sep2007-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NUNM building was designed by <a href="/wiki/Whitehouse_%26_Fouilhoux" class="mw-redirect" title="Whitehouse & Fouilhoux">Whitehouse & Fouilhoux</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-oreg-jul1928_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oreg-jul1928-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the architectural firm of <a href="/wiki/Morris_H._Whitehouse" title="Morris H. Whitehouse">Morris H. Whitehouse</a> and <a href="/wiki/J._Andr%C3%A9_Fouilhoux" title="J. André Fouilhoux">Jacques Fouilhoux</a>. A distinctive feature is the <a href="/wiki/Sundial" title="Sundial">sundial</a>, instead of a traditional clock, adorning the south façade near the roof.<sup id="cite_ref-oreg-sep64_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oreg-sep64-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Failing School closed in spring 1959,<sup id="cite_ref-Closure_of_Failing_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Closure_of_Failing-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the building was used by Portland public schools for a vocational training program for graduates beginning in fall 1959. In 1961, this program was renamed <a href="/wiki/Portland_Community_College" title="Portland Community College">Portland Community College</a> and the building was renamed the Adult Education Center.<sup id="cite_ref-oreg17apr61_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oreg17apr61-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building was extensively renovated in 1964 for expansion of PCC's vocational programs.<sup id="cite_ref-oreg-sep64_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oreg-sep64-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1971, the building was sold to Portland Community College,<sup id="cite_ref-oreg-4oct96_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oreg-4oct96-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it was later renamed the Ross Island Center.<sup id="cite_ref-oreg-16sep2007_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oreg-16sep2007-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1996, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Naito" title="Bill Naito">Bill Naito</a>'s company, H. Naito Corporation, purchased the building, with tentative plans to convert it into <a href="/wiki/Condominium_(living_space)" class="mw-redirect" title="Condominium (living space)">condominiums</a>. Bill Naito said that part of his motivation was to save the historic structure.<sup id="cite_ref-oreg-4oct96_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oreg-4oct96-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Naito died suddenly in May 1996, and the plans to convert the building were dropped. A few months later, in September 1996, the Naito Corp. sold the building to the National College of Naturopathic Medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-oreg-4oct96_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oreg-4oct96-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_University_of_Natural_Medicine&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output 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fraud)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_medicine#19th_century:_rise_of_modern_medicine" title="History of medicine">Rise of modern medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">Pseudoscience</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiscience" title="Antiscience">Antiscience</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skepticism" title="Skepticism">Skepticism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_skepticism" title="Scientific skepticism">Scientific</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Therapeutic_nihilism" title="Therapeutic nihilism">Therapeutic nihilism</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Fringe medicine and science</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acupressure" title="Acupressure">Acupressure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acupuncture" title="Acupuncture">Acupuncture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alkaline_diet" title="Alkaline diet">Alkaline diet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthroposophic_medicine" title="Anthroposophic medicine">Anthroposophic medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apitherapy" title="Apitherapy">Apitherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Applied_kinesiology" title="Applied kinesiology">Applied kinesiology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aromatherapy" title="Aromatherapy">Aromatherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_for_Research_and_Enlightenment" title="Association for Research and Enlightenment">Association for Research and Enlightenment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auriculotherapy" title="Auriculotherapy">Auriculotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bates_method" title="Bates method">Bates method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biological_terrain_assessment" title="Biological terrain assessment">Biological terrain assessment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_salve" title="Black salve">Black salve</a></li> 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techniques">Chiropractic treatment techniques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertebral_subluxation" title="Vertebral subluxation">Vertebral subluxation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Science" title="Christian Science">Christian Science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chromotherapy" title="Chromotherapy">Chromotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colloidal_silver" class="mw-redirect" title="Colloidal silver">Colloidal silver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colon_cleansing" title="Colon cleansing">Colon cleansing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_enema" title="Coffee enema">Coffee enema</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorpuncture" title="Colorpuncture">Colorpuncture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conversion_therapy" title="Conversion therapy">Conversion therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craniosacral_therapy" title="Craniosacral therapy">Craniosacral therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_healing" title="Crystal healing">Crystal healing</a></li> <li><a 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title="Orthopathy">Orthopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osteomyology" title="Osteomyology">Osteomyology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osteopathy" title="Osteopathy">Osteopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozone_therapy" title="Ozone therapy">Ozone therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parapsychology" title="Parapsychology">Parapsychology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phrenology" title="Phrenology">Phrenology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postural_Integration" title="Postural Integration">Postural Integration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychic_surgery" title="Psychic surgery">Psychic surgery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychodermatology" title="Psychodermatology">Psychodermatology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quantum_healing" title="Quantum healing">Quantum healing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radionics" title="Radionics">Radionics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_prompting_method" title="Rapid prompting method">Rapid prompting method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reflexology" 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title="Vaccine misinformation">Vaccine misinformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaccines_and_autism" title="Vaccines and autism">Vaccines and autism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MMR_vaccine_and_autism" title="MMR vaccine and autism">MMR vaccine and autism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-vaccinationism_in_chiropractic" title="Anti-vaccinationism in chiropractic">in chiropractic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_fluoridation_controversy" title="Water fluoridation controversy">Water fluoridation controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation" title="COVID-19 misinformation">COVID-19 misinformation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turbo_cancer" title="Turbo cancer">Turbo cancer</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Alternative_medicine#NCCIH_classification" title="Alternative medicine">Classifications</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Alternative_medical_systems" title="Category:Alternative medical systems">Alternative medical systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mind%E2%80%93body_interventions" title="Category:Mind–body interventions">Mind–body intervention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Biologically_based_therapies" title="Category:Biologically based therapies">Biologically based therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Manual_therapy" title="Category:Manual therapy">Manipulative methods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Energy_therapies" title="Category:Energy therapies">Energy therapy</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: 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