In the 1950s, the Mingtung Pharmaceutical Company came out with "Ai'er cai," a plant-based medicine for intestinal parasites. It became a bestseller. Many who were born in the 1960s still remember the bitter, acerbic taste of this powerful anti-parasitic medicine.
明通製藥 1950 年代生產純植物萃取的「愛兒菜」蛔蟲藥，暢銷全台造成熱賣，許多 1960 年代出生的人，孩提時代都吃過這種味道澀澀苦苦、難以下嚥的驅蟲整腸良藥。