Also called complementary medicine, there is no commonly accepted definition of alternative medicine which might delineate a logical boundary to other treatments. Most definitions say it is not presently considered part of conventional medicine. That could be translated into: It does not work. If it worked, doctors would be happy to use it – and would not call it alternative.
Alternative medicine is no alternative is chapter 13 in my book, Survival in an overmedicated world: look up the evidence yourself. Copenhagen: People’s Press; 2019, which has been published in 7 languages; Danish, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish. Read the chapter here.