Extinction

Some extinction of plants over the past several hundred years are mainly due to over harvesting for food, fashion and profit. Besides that, traditional medicine often combines ingredients from all parts of plants (the leaf, stem, flower, root) and also ingredients from animals and minerals. The use of parts of endangered species (such as seahorses, rhinoceros horns, bear, and tiger bones and claws) has created controversy and resulted in a Black Market of poachers who hunt restricted animals. Deep-seated cultural beliefs in the potency of tiger parts are so prevalent across Asia that laws protecting.(thanh diem)