Nowadays, alternative medicine gains vast popularity as replacement for vising a doctor. However, I believe it is a negative development due to 3 main reasons.
Firstly, those, who provide alternative medicine are usually not professionals. As becoming a specialist in this pseudo-science is a way more easy than becoming a real doctor, there are millions of people who work in it. Consequently, given treatment might be incorrect, which can lead to worsening peoples’ health, or ,even deaths. While I concede, that usually people who use such kind of services, don’t have any serious diseases, so their treatment works, the problem is that this can’t be used to cure seriously ill ones.
Ability to conduct surgery operations is another area of concern. Frequently, treatment can include necessity for surgical intervention, which alternative medicine can’t provide. Methods, that alternative medicine uses, are based on some kind of life hacks, but not professional equipment. Advocates of alternative medicine claim that it is cheaper. However, I would argue as when people face the matter of life and death, they are more likely to find any amount of money.
Finally, medicine that is prescript in alternative medicine is usually made of some herbs, oils or other materials. Medical drugs, the only ones than can lead to real healing, are pricy, but still have proven medical effect. For instance, people massively believe that hot tea helps to cope with cold. However, without some medical supplies or strong immunity they can’t recover.
In short, not only does alternative medicine displays improper approach to diseases cure, but also is limited in a range of abilities, like surgeries. Therefore, on balance, I believe that this is wholly negative development