This process outlined above has been adopted for the fungus C. sinensis, which is used to fortify the lungs and kidneys and to treat impotency and asthma. Unfortunately, people are often poisoned by the lead that unscrupulous dealers add to increase the weight of this precious fungus. As a result, both Taiwan Sugar and Union Chemical Labs have researched how to use biotechnology to grow it artificially. Recently they have started mass production.
循著這樣的模式，具有治療陽萎腎虧和氣喘等功能，但產量稀少，甚至經常傳出有加鉛中毒事件的珍貴中藥材﹘ ﹘冬蟲夏草，在台糖企業與工研院化工所的研究下，近來相繼以生物科技開始量產。