The Hsienchiang Temple in Sanchung, Taipei County, held a "Prayer for Well-Being and Ceremony to End Evil Pestilence" on the 25th day of the fourth lunar month, which is Emperor Shennung's birthday. It was hoped that Emperor Shennung, the founder of Chinese herbal medicine, would ward off the god of pestilence.
醫藥不分家，位於台北縣三重市的先嗇宮，也在農曆四月二十五日神農大帝聖誕當天，特地舉行「祈安禳瘟敬天祈福大典」，希望又稱「藥王」的神農大帝驅走瘟神。