But in China, where the concepts of health and diet have always gone hand in hand, the use of nutritious animal ingredients has been much more common than in other countries and in no way secondary to that of plants.
由於植物藥比之動物藥易於取得，所有國家流傳下來的藥材都以植物較多；我國在「食療同源」、「食補」…… 等觀念下，營養成分較高的動物藥，中選為藥材的機會自然極高，因此動物藥材的豐富不下植物。