I use it to refer to people who annoy the shit outta me with their "metaphysical" cures, believing that all their ills can be cured by aligning their Chakras or Fluids or that a full body cleanse by drinking vinegar is the cure.
Quack Medicine, basically.
Those are hippies to me.
EDIT: Anyone who can appear on http://www.quackwatch.com/
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