Is traditional medicine (as an effective way to heal sickness) widely accepted in today's society?

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@Yanzw Thanks for your answer 😁.

My opinion is that the belief of an individual is important in the healing process (also called the placebo effect) so I believe that traditional medecine has a place in health. However it must be moderated by scientific study to establish that it may not bring any unwanted harmful effects.

Traditional medicine is also widespread in my own country, Indonesia. However traditional medicine is often the only choice for people who live far from medical facilities or who are too poor to afford modern medicine.

In my country the older generation (60 years and over) mostly believes in traditional medicine. On the other hand young people gnerally don't use it. Is it the same in your country?

@Yanzw I see. Thank you for your insight, I didn't know that 'traditional medicine' is integrated with 'modern medicine' in hospitals. This I think is a good idea. So I guess that such a system allows hospitals to oversee traditional medicine so that health risks are reduced. I assume that practitioners of traditional medicine also have stringent qualifications like medical doctors?

@Yanzw Thank you for your explanation. If I may I want to ask about one of the more controversial aspects of traditional medicine.

I read that some traditional remedies use ingredients taken from endangered animal species. May I ask if there are laws against the use of endangered species in traditional medicine?