The quantity consumed is extremely limited. The problem lies in the fact that as restrictions on wild animal imports have become ever tougher and rhinoceroses ever scarcer, some purveyors of Chinese medicine--holding the attitude "stock up while you can" and "even if nobody buys it, you can still keep it around as a display gimmick" --have been buying up horns as quickly as they can.
問題是許多中藥商因為野生動物進出口限制愈來愈嚴格，且犀牛既然愈來愈「稀有」，就抱著「還能買到就儘量買來存放」和「即使沒人買去治病，也可留做擺飾炫耀」的心態搶購犀角。