Question

Many alternative and complementary medicine practices are viewed with skepticism within traditional/mainstream medicine. Why is this the case? What are the advantages and disadvantages to this skepticism?

Answer 1

Why? -- Proof, why and how does the alternative and complementary medicine work in terms of current understanding of medicine/anatomy/science

advantages to skepticism, reduction of people getting conned into paying into a false medical treatment

disadvantage to skepticism, the particular alternative treatment may actually work however the exact mechanism is not yet known and may be dismissed as psuedo-science