Two years ago, before the Department of Health considered a ban on tiger bones, it thought of trying to clarify that many of these goods weren't really what they were claiming to be, so that the sale of innocent impostors--goat bones and water buffalo horn--wouldn't be affected and the pharmacies would be spared a double whammy.
兩年前，衛生署考慮禁用虎骨前，曾希望澄清衝貨觀念，不願因此殃及池魚，把羊骨、水牛角一併都給禁了，對中藥店傷害太大。