If the DOH were to ban all medicines with side effects, Lin argued, then most Chinese and Western medicines would not be made available. The Chinese medicine community thus came out opposed to a blanket ban, arguing that imposing use restrictions was more appropriate.
如果衛生署以藥品有副作用為禁用標準，將造成大部分西藥和中藥都無法使用的困境，因此中醫界反對貿然禁用，應以限制使用為宜。