After the controversy over rhino horns and tiger bones resulted in US trade sanctions against Taiwan under the Pelly Amendment, the ROC Department of Health, aiming to prevent future disputes of this nature, asked the Chinese medical community to refrain from using another 13 medicinal ingredients taken from animals, including the gall secretions of bears, tortoiseshell and elephant skin.
不能用的都不用﹘﹘中藥的下一步在「培利」報復法案成立後，為了避免再引起爭議，行政院衛生署繼犀角、虎骨之後，又列出包括熊膽、龜板、象皮等十三種藥材，籲請中醫、藥界暫停使用。