“青海三大宝:蘑菇、大黄、冬虫草”。这则物产谚语,它地道的说明了青海高原上易见又著名的土生特产。其中,尤以冬虫草蜚名中外,誉称之“药中之王”。冬虫草全名冬虫夏草或夏草冬虫,简称“虫草”。有则谜语这样描写道:“说这是植物,它有一条虫;道这是动物,却长一株草”。冬虫夏 “Three major treasures in Qinghai: mushrooms, rhubarb, Cordyceps.” This property is proverbial, and it is an authentic description of the easy-to-see and famous native products on the Qinghai Plateau. Among them, in particular, Chinese and foreign names of Cordyceps sinensis are known as the “King of Medicine”. Cordyceps full name of Cordyceps sinensis or summer grasshopper, referred to as “Chong Cao”. There are riddles in this way: “This is a plant, it has an insect; it is an animal, but it grows a grass.” Cordyceps sinensis