Vitalism is a profoundly science-ejected concept, though many CAM or 'natural health' cabals falsely claim that vitalism survives scientific scrutiny.

I quote:

"vitalism is now a dead philosophy [...] for the vitalist, living things are possessed (literally) by a 'life force,' utterly distinct from the physiochemical forces so far discovered [...this is] impossible to investigate: how do you investigate a life force? [p.057]."

-r.c.