'Traditional' Chinese Medicine

A Dr Lao of Virginia University of Integrative Medicine has reiterated the obvious truism that Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is brought into considerable disrepute by its utilisation of materials (often obtained illegally) from endangered animal species, such as the pangolin, rhinoceros and the tiger (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/26/its-against-nature-illegal-wildlife-trade-casts-shadow-over-traditional-chinese-medicine-aoe). He points out that some of the originators of TCM (a wide approach that also includes activities like acupuncture) expressed the belief that all their medicines could be obtained from plants. Although what he says is important, I personally doubt that the opinion of one practitioner in the USA  will make very much difference to a well-embedded misuse of endangered species.