Because those compiling the information were not familiar with Chinese medicine, people in the field took issue with the survey conclusions. But although the Department of Health and the Council of Agriculture disputed the results, they could not present figures of their own.
由於調查者對中藥文化並不熟悉，因此結論遭中醫界學者質疑。但當時衛生署、農委會雖然否定了別人的調查結果，卻提不出自己的數據；事後做的調查，已得不到國際信任。