In fact, most ROC citizens have only an "it's-better-than-nothing" attitude toward Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine peddling is a sunset industry: Over the last decade the number of herbal pharmacies in Taipei has declined from 1000 to 700.
事實上，今天大部分的國人只在聊勝於無的情況下看中醫、吃中藥，中藥商有如夕陽行業，過去十年台北市的中藥行就由一千家減少到七百多家。