In the past the domestic financial resources allotted to Chinese medical research were very limited. Chen Chieh-fu, a professor of pharmacology at National Yang-Ming Medical College, says that research into animal-based medicines was particularly small, and this resulted in people having doubts about the effectiveness of Chinese medicines.
由於過去國內對中醫藥研究投入資源有限，陽明醫學院藥理學所教授陳介甫說，尤其動物藥材的研究更少，也因此造成人們對中藥藥效的質疑。