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Yartsa gunbu has been used as a traditional remedy for thousands of years,
冬蟲夏草被用作傳統藥物已經上千年
though only by the very wealthy.
但僅限于非常富有的人群
It has been bartered for tea and silk,
它被用來交換茶葉和絲綢
and is worth more than four times its weight in silver.
可以換回超過本身四倍重量的銀子
So lucrative is this trade,that sites and information are jealously guarded.
這項貿易是如此的暴利使得它的交易地點和信息都被謹慎地保護起來
At the nearby market,the yartsa gunbu are cleaned,
在附近的集市上冬蟲夏草被清理干凈
and their true nature becomes clear.
這使得它的本來面目顯露了出來
The yartsa gunbu translates as "summer grass,winter worm".
冬蟲夏草被翻譯為“冬天的蟲子夏天的草”
The winter worm is a caterpillar.
冬蟲是一種毛蟲
It eats roots of grasses
它以草根為食
in preparation for its transformation into a moth.
為自己變身成蛾做準備。
But some winter worms never make it as moths.
但有些冬蟲卻從沒有機會變成蛾
Instead,a strange growth erupts from their body,
而在夏季一個奇怪的植物
appearing above ground in summer.
在冬蟲的體內生長發育直至破土而出
This is the "summer grass",
這就是“夏草”
a fungus called Cordyceps,whose spores have infected the caterpillar,
一種被稱為蟲草的真菌是它的孢子侵入了毛蟲體內
using its body as their host.
并將毛蟲的身體作為它們的宿主
Modern scientific tests have shown that substances contained
現代科學實驗證明含有冬蟲夏草的物質可以
in Cordyceps lower blood pressure and make it easier to breathe.
降低血壓并能使呼吸更順暢
So in recent years,harvesting this natural treasure
所以近些年來收獲這種自然資源
has grown into a huge and profitable business.
已經成為有巨大利益的生意
