Recently there are a lot arguments around alternative medicine. Discussion about effectivity of this form of curing will always be topical. I completely disagree with the statement above, and find this way of therapy the most safe and helpful.
While I concede that these complementary methods might rarely but have no effect at whatsoever, I still believe this treatment should be tried especially when orthodox medicine brings no result. This type of medicine can cure patient when traditional medicine is not successful. Some Orthodox doctors retrain as alternative therapist as they understand the effectivity of more healthy way of medication. For example, alternative curing recovers all patients body not only the aching part. That helps stopping developing of a new illness.
Alternative medicine exploits herbal remedies whose affect is unlikely to harm if you follow the instructions. But even though herbs mostly are safe, you must consult with doctor before using anything. Also alternative therapists compared to orthodox doctors are not doing dangerous operations which could be difficult and unsafe for patients, they conversely are trying to miss this part of curing and make illness easy to fight.
To sum up, alternative medication is as effective, because it works even when the traditional medicine can not help, and safe for patients, as it can be as all the ingredients are natural and it not includes difficult operations. So there is no need in been scared of this way of curing and this kind of medicine can be even better for ill people than orthodox one in some situations.