Worms

In todays papers, I read about the Traditional Chinese Medicine called Cordyceps(Dong Cong Cao). Ive seen it from young, and was confused about wether it was a plant or a worm. My uncle told me it was worms when I was young, and I would go like " euuuu". My grandma's answered was more out of this world. She said as Dong chong xia cao( winter worm summer grass), it was suppose to be a worm in the winter and turns into a plant in summer. How to morph like that? HahaI Later in the years thought I believed it was a plant that looked like worms so its safe to eat.

Today, the truth finally came to me. It was actually fungus grown on the carcass of catapillars! Yucks I thought! Well there are still many yucky things in TCM, so I guess this is nothing compared to dried lizards.