A strong appeal of alternative medicine no doubt is the perception that its use of natural products and its methods of treatment are gentler and less hazardous than those employed by conventional medicine.
Kahtlemata aitab alternatiivmeditsiini tugevale külgetõmbele kaasa arusaam, et tänu loodustoodete kasutamisele ja eriomastele ravimeetoditele on selle toime leebem ja ohutum kui tavameditsiini meetodite puhul.