In response to these loud calls from the Western medicine community, the DOH announced it was banning five herbal ingredients that contain aristolochic acid-guanmutong (stem of Aristolochia manshuriensis), guangfangji (root of Aristolochia fangchi), qingmuxiang (Aristolochia stem), tianxianteng (Aristolochia stem), and madouling (Aristolochia fruit) -from herbal prescriptions, and revoking the licenses for 50 different medicines containing aristolochic acid.
針對西醫界的疾呼，衛生署中醫藥委員會隨即做出回應，宣布禁用關木通、廣防己、青木香、天仙藤、馬兜鈴等五種含有馬兜鈴酸的中藥，並註銷含有馬兜鈴酸中藥製劑的五十張藥證，包括補肺阿膠散、治嗽散、運功散等。