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any interesting facts for you….bt it’s just delayed not postponed.
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Today, I am posting about a very interesting fact that many of you are not aware of ,its from our neighbouring country ,rich in forest and natural resources , NEPAL
Yarchagumba (pronounce :Yar- cha - gumba)
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A tiny mushroom grows
out of the head of a moth caterpillar. Thousands of people spend their summers
crawling around remote hillsides searching for these elusive phenomenon.
Chinese middlemen fly in by helicopter and offer thousands of dollars per kilo.
Businessmen part with great amounts of money and consume the product for the
apparently excellent aphrodisiac properties.
You couldn’t make it
up, but its all true.
Yarchagumba (Cordyceps
sinensis) is actually a combination of one of Nepal’s most famous flora
and fauna. Caterpillar fungi are the result of a parasitic relationship between
the larva of the ghost moth and the fungusCordyceps sinensis. The fungus germinates within the larva of
the ghost moth, killing and mummifying the insect. Over time the fungus
will grow out of the insect’s body and then grow into a small mushroom that can
be used in many types of medicinal concoctions.
Rarity and Remoteness
Because the larva is
only vulnerable at high altitudes, between 3,000 and 5,000m, Yarchargumba is a
rare herb that is quite hard to find and difficult to harvest.
Yarchagumba is so valuable, that during the Nepali Civil War the government and
the Maoists fought to control areas where it could be harvested. In 2008, a
kilogram of high quality yarchagumba could sell for over $18,000 in foreign
markets. Collectors received NPR 180/piece (US$2.50) and one kilogramme of
yarchagumba consisits of 2500-3000 pieces. “A friend of mine who went to Japan
and went to one restaurant where they were selling a vegetable soup with three
yarchagumba floating on top and the price was a hundred dollars per bowl of
soup.” says a Singaporean trader in a short but fascinating radio documentary
on Yarchagumba . Even today control
over yarchagumba-rich land and harvesting rights is a point of contention for
villages and communities.
Yarchagumba is widely
used in both Chinese and Tibetan medicinal traditions. It is known to have an
excellent balance of Yin and Yang since it is both “vegetable” and animal. Most
commonly it is used as an aphrodisiac but can be used to treat a wide variety
of ailments from fatigue to cancer. The fungus contains many pharmacologically
active substances which are now cultivated on an industrial scale for
widespread use.
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