Amid the slugs, athletes are warned on Chinese medicine

For those of you who long for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and want to treat what ails you with ginseng, moxibustion and cupping, there is this:

"The oldest and biggest Chinese medicine store in Beijing is stocked with traditional ingredients like deer's penis, dried seahorses, fungi, and ginseng...

Chinese Olympic officials have advised athletes not to take traditional remedies during the Aug 8-24 Games when the IOC will conduct 4,500 doping tests, up 25 percent on the Athens Games."

Do these athletes really need to be warned not to cold start eating seahorses and fungi?

Enjoy munching on your deer penises, TCM fans.

Hope they are Olympic-sized.