| Insufficiency/Grade | No | Yes | Insufficiency/Grade | No | Yes |
| Plausible curative effect | 30 | 30 | Poor taste of medicinal borth | 7 | 53 |
| Lack of clinical evidence | 10 | 50 | Toxicity of TCM | 57 | 3 |
| Slow onset of effects | 11 | 49 | Few species of Chinese patent medicine | 44 | 16 |
| Improper use of medication | 12 | 48 | Prominent side effect of Chinese injection | 42 | 18 |
| Tedious to prepare decoction | 3 | 57 | High treatment cost | 40 | 20 |