Chiang Shuang-mei points out that while estimators are busy adding up the island's bear gall stock, consumption is on the decline, and the Department of Health has discovered that one out of three herbal pharmacies now uses cheap substitutes such as pig, cow or tortoise gall.
江雙美表示，雖然國內熊膽存量尚在估計中，但用量越來越少，衛生署也發現有三分之一中藥店用的是價格較便宜的豬膽、牛膽、海龜膽等替代品。