But if you wanted to get the full five flavors, you still had to go to a herbal medicine shop, because the Chinese regard these fragrant and pungent spices as medicinal substances, and traditionally they were mainly sold through medicine shops.
但要備齊五香，還是得上中藥鋪，因為中國人視這些香辛料為藥材，傳統的流通市場以藥鋪為主。