China's appetite for an obscure fungus found on caterpillars and foraged in remote regions of Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan has pushed prices to levels usually reserved for precious metals. But the competition for retrieving them can sometimes prove fatal.
中国对一种不常见的真菌的兴趣已经把它的价格推升到了以前只有贵金属才能达到的高位。不过,为了收集这种真菌而进行的竞争有时候却是致命的。这种真菌寄生在死去的毛毛虫体内,一般要在西藏、尼泊尔和不丹等偏远地区才能找到。
Traditional herbalists believe the yarchagumba fungus boosts sexual performance and can cure other ailments as well. It is typically boiled in water to make a tea, ground into a powder and then sprinkled on food, or added whole to soups or stews.
传统中医认为冬虫夏草有壮阳治病的疗效。可以煮茶服用或研磨成粉加少量到食物中,或整只煮汤食用。
Some Chinese like to incorporate it into their Chinese New Year's feasts as well. Earlier this week, Australian customs authorities intercepted a bounty of food as Chinese tourists on charter flights to the country tried to bring more than 60 pounds of fresh fruit, pig's trotters, chicken feet and yarchagumba.
一些中国人还喜欢在农历新年的时候喝虫草汤。本周较早时候,澳大利亚海关人员在搭乘航班入境该国的中国旅客身上截获了大量食物。这些旅客曾试图把超过60磅重的新鲜水果、猪蹄、鸡爪和虫草带入澳大利亚。
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