well exDem, I see your point. Presumably though, these folks haven’t had good success with traditional meds.
I fully understand the frustration and desperation that parents can feel when dealing with a child whose illness is not adequately treated by today's medicines, or whose illness requires the use of several drugs, in which case it can take months or years to determine the optimal dosages.
I also understand that people in this situation become especially receptive to the old wives' tales about such-and-such miracle cure that isn't available because (insert your favorite anti-pharmaceutical or FDA conspiracy here), and that there are many gold-diggers waiting to take advantage of people like that.
Logically, there is no reason to think that something that is untested could somehow be better than the drugs that have been extensively tested. It hasn't been tested--how can anyone possibly know it would have any effect on the condition they want treated?