YARSAGUMBA in Nepal, history & benefits.

Yarsagumba

Discover the many uses and benefits of Yarsagumba, a traditional medicinal herb renowned for its health-promoting properties. Explore the importance of Yarsagumba, its market price per kg in Nepal, and relevant resources on this powerful ingredient. Learn about Yarsagumba uses and potential side effects to make informed decisions about incorporating this potent remedy into your wellness routine.

 Yarsagumba alludes to science as Ophiocordyceps Sinensis. The beginning stages are Tibetan: Yart Swa Gun Bu, which means 'flavor in the mid-year’ and bug in the colder season. Yarsagumba is referred to science as Ophiocordyceps sinensis. The starting points are Tibetan: Yart Swa Gun Bu, which signifies 'spice in the mid-year and bug in the colder time of year'. Yarsa is a sort of Yellow caterpillar (Lepidoptera)- organism blend. Prior to the stormy season, the growth contaminates caterpillar hatchlings living in the verdant soil. At the point when it at long last assaults the head, the hatchlings bite the dust. The stalks of the growth at that point engender in the head, growing 2-3 inches in length and getting earthy colored in shading 2. The taste is of mushroom, flavorsome, sweet and nonpartisan in nature. It tends to be eaten plain or powdered, blended in with milk or water. The best occasions to pick it in Nepal are May and June, however it can likewise be found in Bhutan, India and Tibet. In Nepal, Yarsagumba is accessible in 27 distinct areas between the heights of 3500-5000 meters.In each year in Nepal about 2500kgs are gathered.

History 

Yarsagumba was found around 1500 years prior in Tibet. The Nepalese and Tibetan herders who, in springtime, seen touching yaks and goats acting abnormally in the high mountain field. In the wake of eating this abnormal-looking substance, the creatures would get playful and begin pursuing each other around with the desire full goal. Before long local people in the wake of devouring Yarsagumba additionally encountered this additional force. The earliest known documentation of Yarsagumba is by Nyamnyi Dorje, a Tibet doctor and lama who lived from 1439-1475. His content named "An Ocean of Aphrodisiacal Qualities", depicts the estimation of the mushroom as a sexual tonic. 

Around 1000 years after the fact, the Emperor's doctors in the Ming Dynasty found out about this Tibetan marvel and utilized this information with their own intelligence to grow ground-breaking and intense medication. Introductory records of Cordyceps as medication date from the Qing Dynasty in China in 1757. Its present high worldwide profile and request grew just at some point in 1993 when many Chinese long-distance runners broke world records. In 1843 it was first described by The British mycologist Berkely as Sphaeria sinensis Berk. Later, Saccardo renamed it Cordyceps Sinensis in 1878. The scientific name Cordyceps Sinensis (Berk) Sacc. is stated to be the final form, which is the fruiting body of the fungus arising out of the dead body of a caterpillar. The parasite was known as Cordyceps Sinensis until 2007, when the subatomic investigation was utilized to improve the characterization of the Cordycipitaceae and the Clavicipitaceae, bringing about the naming of another family Ohio Cordycipitaceae and the exchange of a few Cordyceps animal categories to Ophiocordyceps. Hence Cordyceps Sinensis is also known as Ophiocordyceps Sinensis. More than 350 types of  Cordyceps or its substitutes in terms of their medicinal values have been found worldwide today, such as Cordyceps militaris. From Nepal, three species of Cordyceps namely Cordyceps Sinensis, Cordyceps nutant, and Cordyceps nepalensis are reported to date. Among them, only Cordyceps Sinensis is used for medicinal values.

 YarsaGumba or Ophiocordyceps sinensis are well known in Traditional Medicine, have been used for centuries. Herbal Plants/ Medicinal Plants are very important to the human being for preserving health. About 25% of modern medicines are derived from medicinal plants that have been used by Traditional medical practitioners also. Being a very rare mushroom, Yarsha Gumba has a long medicinal history with diverse therapeutic applications and also have been used by many different countries. It is said to be the most expensive herb in the world today. In an international market, a kilo of it fetching more than 100,000 dollars.

Yarsagumba Benefits

Yarsagumba has so many health benefits attributes to treat many health ailments. Here are some medicinal uses of Yarsha Ghumba.

Anti-aging benefits: 

Yarsagumba is highly used for its anti-aging properties because it is believed to be an excellent tonic for the nourishment of the body and for the brain. The long-term use of Yarsha Ghumba is said to improve organic functioning as well as increase the immune system.

Strong aphrodisiac: 

As the Whole plant is tonic and aphrodisiac, People usually take one piece of C. Sinensis with a cup of milk. It helps to enhance their sexual potency and desire. Most of the traditional practitioners and elderly people use it to increase longevity and to cure erectile dysfunction.

 Increase Memory Power and the immune system:

As Yarsagumba is a medicinal herbs it is useful to increase memory and the immune system. In Sikkim, people use Yarsa gumba as a tonic because it helps to improve energy, appetite, stamina, libido, endurance, as well as sleeping patterns.

 Treats Respiratory and pulmonary diseases: 

Yarsa gumba is also used specifically to treat respiratory disorders disease such as tuberculosis, asthma, chronic cough, debility.

Improves functioning of the liver:

 Yarsha gumba is considered as the potent at strengthening for lung and kidneys. It increasing energy and vitality, stopping hemorrhage, decreasing phlegm and also improves liver functioning, and cures hepatitis B.

Use in treating the heart problem:

As Yarsha ghumba is a traditional body healer, it helps to prevent Heart problems including cardiovascular disease and hypertension.

Choice of Athletes: 

Yarsha gumba is also the great choice of the athletes because the fermentable strain of the mycelia causes normal fat mobilization and beta-oxidation, thereby it maintaining blood glucose level during prolonged exercise in athletes

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