Cordyceps Sinesis (Chinese Caterpillar fungus)

Yarchagumba ( Himalayan Viagra)

Scientific Name : Cordyceps sinensis ( Berk ) Sacc.
Nepali Name:  Yarsagumba
Other Name: Jivan Buti
English Name: Chinese Caterpillar Fungus
Family : Clavicipidaceae

Product Origin:               Nepal (Ease Himalaya in Nepal)
Brand Name:                  Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc.(Chinese
Unit Price:                      1Kg , 3,500.00 USD
Price Terms:                   FOB  by air
Other Price Terms:          No
Payment Terms:             L/C,T/T,CASH
Supply Ability:                By order
Minimum Order:              1 kg 
Delivery Lead Time:         By order

Certification(s): By Nepal Botanical Laboratory of Nepal government. 

Quality parameter:

Character
Brown yellowish or grey brownish powder, hygroscopic

Contents of polysaccharide
>=30% >=40%

Water solubility
Water soluble
 
Heavy metal index
Sb<1ppm As<1.4ppm Cd<2ppm

Cr<1ppm Pb<10ppm

Hygiene index
Bacteria counts<3000/g

Escherichia coli and alive mites not detected

Mould counts<100/g

Weight loss after drying
<=9%

4. Application and dosage:

                                 1-2 gm per time,3 times daily. Dissolve in 50-100 ml boiling water or milk , mix well and intake.    OR   to be taken after stewed with chicken or meat:1~3 pouches( 1.5g/pouch) a time,2 times a day.
                         The mushroom of this category is generally found in the moun tain area. Among the species of Cord yceps sp. the first one called Cord yceps sinensis was originally discovered in Tibet. In the past, it was collected in Tibet and exported to China where it is highly valued as a drug. It grows singly on caterpillars and pupae of various species of Lepidotera (insect), usually buried in the soil. It grows as a parasite upon the insect body by which it is nourished. The fruiting body of this species is club-shaped, of generally 5 cm. tall and 5 mm. thick, is tempering down wards from a slightly swollen, fertile head. It is crimson or or ange in color and normally grows in September or October. This species is available in the high hills of Nepal, such as Jumla, Humla, Rolpa, Rukum and Dolpa districts

Yarchagumba (Cordyceps sinesis) is a rare species of parasitic lichen that grows on the bodies of insect larvae - in particular, dead caterpillars of the moth Hepilus fabricius. It is found on the subalpine pastures of Nepal, (Such as Dolpa in Karnali zone) as well as the Tibetan highlands of China and in Bhutan, at altitudes of 3000-4000 metres. The word means summer plant and winter insect in Tibetan.

The herb is highly prized by practitioners of Chinese medicine and traditional herbal Folk medicines, in which it is used as an aphrodisiac and as a treatment for a variety of ailments, from fatigue to cancer. Collecting yarchagumba in Nepal had only been legalised in 2001, and now demand is highest in countries such as China, Thailand, Korea and Japan.

The Cordyceps is a rare species of plant widely used both in clinical medicine and as a household remedy. It is also considered potent at strengthening lung and kidneys, increasing energy and vitality, stopping hemorrhage, decreasing phlegm, and as an overall tonic. The Cordyceps sinesis, a combination of insect and plant remains inactive in winter and comes out in summer. Of the two types, the black one is more expensive than the white.

In Nepal Cordyceps (Cordyceps sinesis) locally called as "Yarchagumba" which is an insect parasite fungus having high commercial demand as tonic/aphrodisiac. Cordyceps is found in subalpine pasture lands of Nepal including Jumla and Dolpa area belonging to Karnali zone. Yarchagumba, which means (herb of life), is actually a lichen which grows on the body of a larva, is found on the high hills of Dolpo and this is collected during the spring and early summer when the snow melt and lichens sprout out on the hills. Yarchagumba is found at 14,000 feet (about 4,300m) and above. Wild Cordyceps sinesis is also found in Tibetan Highlands of China and in Bhutan.

Cordecypes sinesis is good for reinforcing the lung and kidneys, arresting bleeding and dispelling phlegm. It is taken for shortness of breath, asthma, impotency, emission, soreness of loins and knees, dizziness and tinnitus. Actions: Adaptogen, tonic, immune stimulant, restorative.

Common Use:

       Caterpillar fungus or Winter Worm - Summer Grass, those are the common names used for the highly prized Chinese tonic herb Cordyceps, which gained national publicity in mainstream publications a few years back because of its use by Chinese women athletes engaged in breaking world running records. In ancient China this fungus was used exclusively in the Emperor's Palace because of its scarcity. Approximately 5 grams were stuffed into the stomach of a duck and roasted until well cooked, then the Cordyceps was removed and the duck was slowly eaten, twice daily over a period of 8-10 days, this was thought to be as potent as 50 grams of Panax Ginseng. Normally it can be taken  twice a day with milk after meal by making one piece of it in power form.  

The New York Journal of Medicine reported that Cordyceps has properties similar to Ginseng, being used to strengthen the body after exhaustion or long term illness. It has traditionally been used for impotence, backache, to increase sperm production and to increase blood production. In China, Cordyceps is used medically to regulate and support the gonads and as a lung and kidney tonic. It is used specifically for excess tiredness, chronic cough and asthma, impotence, debility, anemia, to build the bone marrow and reduce excess phlegm.

How Cordyceps sinesis or Yarchagumba is growing.

 Today's market:
 
                   it is nowadays famous as sex libido and energy buster herbs which enhance sexual power after taking it daily as food supplyments. it's price range from USD 2500 to USD 6000 per kg. as per its size & quality.                        

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