In Tibet, a worm worth its weight in gold
Jia Han / Los Angeles Times
Tibetan nomad Lhamotso can earn $1,000 a week during the brief season gathering caterpillar fungus. “It’s only in the last two years it has gotten so expensive," she says, "It’s crazy, but it is good for us. How else would I make so much money? I can’t read or write.”
With demand sky high for caterpillar fungus, a prized ingredient in traditional medicine said to boost energy and immunity, the Tibetan nomads who gather it are enjoying a windfall.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-worm27-2008jun27,0,1387882.story
Ha! 冬虫夏草 = caterpillar fungus
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Very interesting. This is how to use it:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/health/2007-08/26/content_5507359.htm
Good to learn a new word-- caterpillar fungus, Ha, thanks Ming.
Also thanks to Biker for the instruction to use it; only they are in simplified characters, foggy to me, a traditional.
我也是邊看邊猜。
所謂活到老學到老，這陣子才真正了解什麼是「冬虫夏草」。
這裡解釋的很詳細：
http://herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/FunFacts/Caterpillar.htm
哇, 去年有人送我幾條北京同仁堂的'冬從夏草'....到時候我看能不能跟維治換幾條金條....
維治你要換嗎...在產地.. "In Tibet, a worm worth its weight in gold"... 那在其他地方.就比黃金還貴ㄝ.
要的話, 在告訴我....ha..
Hi...借過.
豆腐，那一點黃金那裏夠鑲您老的一口牙！
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