A fungus called Ophiocordyceps sinensis, also known as caterpillar fungus, is found in the Himalayas and often used in traditional medicine to treat illnesses like cancer. Researchers in the United ...

CHINESE consumers call it the "Himalayan Viagra'' but harvesting of a prized caterpillar fungus is leading to violence and exploitation in Tibet. The parasitic fungus, Cordyceps sinensis to science, ...

The lucrative annual trek to harvest a caterpillar fungus nicknamed "Himalayan Viagra" that can fetch three times the price of gold in China will be banned amid Nepal's coronavirus lockdown, officials ...

A woman displays the fungus for sale at a market. The fungus sprouts from the caterpillar’s head. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images News via Getty Images While many traditional Chinese/herbal medicine ...

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NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Numerous attempts of Chinese intrusion into Indian territory were to collect rare Himalayan fungus ‘Keeda Jadi’ (Cordyceps), the Indo-Pacific Centre for Strategic Communications ...

Yarsa gunbu, better known outside Nepal as the Himalayan Viagra, accounts for two-fifths of the country’s non-timber exports. Every year, hundreds of thousands of Nepalis head for the hilly regions to ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - For decades a rare fungus valued as an aphrodisiac and dubbed "Himalayan Viagra" has been a source of income for poor villagers in Nepal's remote Himalayan foothills. Men, women ...