Importance of health literacy for safe use of complementary health approaches Individuals should have necessary level of health literacy in order to make correct health decisions. Health literacy means knowledge of individuals on basic health knowledge and services that guide the decisions and behaviors regarding their and community health, their access to such knowledge, and their comprehension and use of the accessed knowledge. Since health professionals, who are the first and most reliable resource for health issues, do not have enough time to conduct health training, individuals direct to anonymous resources such as the internet, television, and newspapers. Practices based on unreliable information can negatively affect the health of individuals because many of these sources are prepared by people who are not health professionals. Health professionals should search complementary health approaches that attract to attention of society and have evidence value and should be a guide about reaching the right resources in order to achieve reliable recovery method of individuals. It is important to increase the community's health literacy level for using safely of reliable complementary health approaches increasing the quality of life of individuals. Key Words: Health Literacy, Complementary Health Approaches, Integrative Health.