Hsu Hsiu-fu, who is director of the Taichung Herbal Medicine Research Society and the head of the bureau of health for Changhua County, mocks some people's understanding of herbal medicines. "If you want to put it coarsely, you could say that they are wrongly repeating untruths about herbs." As a result, herbs are often used incorrectly and excessively.
台中市藥用植物研究會理事長，也是彰化縣衛生局長許秀夫指出，目前有些人對草藥的理解，「說得不好聽，還在一個口耳相傳，甚至『以訛傳訛』的階段」，也因此誤用、濫用的情況經常見到。