A self-described ‘maestro’ naturopath who claimed his herbal concoctions could cure cancer has been ordered to stop offering health services after he was found to have lied about his qualifications and put patients in danger.

The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission declared Aleksander Strande a “significant risk to the health and safety of the public” after investigating complaints from six clients who said he had bullied them or tried to dissuade them from seeing their usual doctors.

One client, who had arthritis in his sternum, told the Commission Mr Strande convinced him to spend more than $2000 in a five-week period, during which he was told his conditions were dire, could not be cured by anyone else and that he probably had a tumour in his hip. 

The client also estimated he was taking more than 96 tablets a day prepared by Mr Strande along with amino acid drinks and concentrated herbal potions.