“The motto of the International Natural Hygiene Society is ‘Pursuing a scientific approach to health based on the natural laws of life.’ Famed natural hygiene proponent Herbert M. Shelton noted that: [Natural] Hygiene represents a return to that pristine mode of living that emerged with man when he first appeared on the earth; it is a revival of something precious that had been all but lost during the course of ages, thanks to the corrupting and perverting influences of shaman, priest, physician, and trader. These, with their false systems and false teachings, have led the race astray. While Shelton’s description of Natural Hygiene (NH) pegs its origins back to the dawn of time, the real NH movement arose as a reaction to the allopathic medical practices of the early 1800s.” (01/28/08)