Naturopathy has its origin in nature and is a school of philosophy as old as nature itself and it can be called the mother of other systems .Naturopathy seeks to improve health and treat disease chiefly by assisting the body's innate capacity to recover from disease and injury. It is today practiced in many countries around the world in one form or another, where it is subject to different standards of regulation and levels of acceptance. Age old scriptures describe the aspects of Nature Cure such as fasting and water treatment.

The term naturopathy was coined before 1900, by John Scheel, and used by Benedict Lust. Lust had been schooled in hydrotherapy and other natural health practices in Germany by Father Sebastian Kneipp, who sent Lust to the United States to bring them Kneipp's methods. In 1905, Lust founded the American School of Naturopathy in New York, the first naturopathic college in the United States but "according to the New York Department of State, and the Florida Report to Governor Leroy Collins, it appears that this naturopathic school was never anything but a diploma mill". [2]. Lust took great strides in promoting the profession, culminating in passage of licensing laws in several states prior to 1935, including Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington and the founding of several naturopathic colleges.