Mushroom products at pharmacy show brisk sales

Sales of health foods such as mushroom-related products (Sang Hwang, Agaricus, and Chaga) have shown a sharp increase at pharmacy these days, as those health foods are said to contribute to potentiating the human immune system.

Pharmaceutical business sources say that amid the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) with no adequate therapy, a variety of mushroom-related pre...