In his books, Hsu Chiao-mu, a professor emeritus at China Medical College, even tells people how to raise sea horses, horned toads and the like. Today musk and pilose antlers are also taken from animals raised in captivity.
已經退休的中國醫藥學院教授許喬木所寫的中藥書中，甚至教人如何養殖海馬、蛤蚧等動物藥材，如今鹿茸、麝香也多取自養殖族群。