That's true, b/c at the very least alternative medicine does not harm you, even if it doesn't cure you. But allopathic medicine does more damage in the end than what you went to the doctor's for in the first place. Medication toxifies the body, unnecessary surgeries, and don't forget the bills, can be disastrous to our health and well-being in the end.
Most people don't realize that, and even if the do, they don't trust alternative medicine anyway, and won't pursue it. I think most people think it is ineffective at the least, and a waste of time.