The practitioner of Chinese medicine named Hsu states: "The government is very reluctant to invest in medical research and pharmaceuticals development. That is why many commonly used traditional and folk treatments lack laboratory confirmation of their effectiveness. Inevitably people are hesitant about using them." Thirty years ago, the effectiveness of a given treatment could be determined by doctors 'experience and the conclusions of the general public.
「由於政府在醫學研究和醫藥開發上的投資保守，使得許多中藥及民俗療法，雖為民間所普遍使用，但因缺乏實證研究，讓人難免擔憂疑懼」，徐姓醫師表示，三十年前，一樣東西究竟有沒有治病的效果，或許只憑醫師經驗與民眾的主觀認定，就可以決定，但是現在已經不是這麼簡單。