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Indeed, the tone is pretty bad. The usage of exotic ingredients in traditional medicine is real, but the "aphrodisiac" thing is mostly a myth.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-hard-truth-ab...

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I was using it as an example. The fact that they pay poachers to supposedly heal their livers or joints or whatnot doesn't change anything: Chinese traditional medicine is still cruel, pointless and frankly based on primitive animistic beliefs from the stone age. How it can co-exist with modern-day industry in China is beyond me, but it's an important factor in the decline of lots of animals. And you don't see any greenies protest Chinese medicine, they care only about carbon dioxide nowadays.

Some traditional medicine does not have a lot of merit and can be said to be snake oil.

But some traditional therapies may work well in some cases.

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