冬虫夏草是一种传统的名贵滋补中药材,与天然人参、鹿茸并列为三大滋补品。它是由肉座菌目麦角菌科虫草属的冬虫夏草菌寄生于高山草甸土中的蝠蛾幼虫,使幼虫僵化,在适宜条件下,夏季由僵虫头端抽生出长棒状的子座而形成(即冬虫夏草菌的子实体与僵虫菌核构成的复合体)。它主要产于中国青海、西藏、新疆、四川、云南等省及自治区的高寒地带 Cordyceps sinensis is a traditional and valuable Chinese herbal medicines, and natural ginseng, antler and listed as the three major tonic. It is caused by the Cordyceps Hypocreaceae Cordyceps Cordyceps sinensis parasitic in alpine meadow soil in the moth larvae larvae, the larvae rigid, under appropriate conditions, the summer head by pumping the stems of the long rod-shaped child seat and (Ie, a complex of the fruiting body of Cordyceps sinensis and the sclerotinia nucleus). It is mainly produced in China’s Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces and autonomous regions in the alpine zone