1. 3. Unless otherwise stated, all the figures and other information in this section are from the public homepage of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, at (last visited June 14, 2003). Unfortunately, most of the information offered there is in Chinese. The information I used in this article was translated into English by myself.
2. 4. See the homepage of the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China, at (last visited June 14, 2003).