caterpillar fungus
Ophiocordyceps sinensis latin
Cordyceps sinensis latin

Already, researchers have found a steep decline in the amount of caterpillar fungus being harvested.

Overharvesting could cause wider damage than just the decline of the caterpillar fungus.

The ethno-mycological knowledge on caterpillar fungus among the Nepalese people is documented.

Notably, a speculative craze has gripped the market for caterpillar fungus.

"Centuries of collection indicate that caterpillar fungus is a relatively resilient resource," he says.

Millions of other Chinese eat caterpillar fungus for supposed medicinal reasons, or because they believe it will enhance male potency.

However, the value of big sized caterpillar fungus has increased more dramatically than smaller size Cordyceps, regarded as lower quality.

A caterpillar fungus prized in Traditional Chinese medicine.

Medicinal use of the caterpillar fungus apparently originated in Tibet and Nepal.

Yarsagumba, also known as the caterpillar fungus, is an exotic species that grows high in the mountains of the Himalayas.

Caterpillar fungus is a preferable term.

Or what about caterpillar fungus for night-sweating?"

Among those involved was Ma Junren, a coach who attributed his runners' results to turtle's blood and caterpillar fungus.

Nomads search for caterpillar fungus.

They farmed the slopes and collected Chinese caterpillar fungus and fritillary butterflies to sell as traditional medicine.

Caterpillar fungus -- or Himalayan Viagra -- is prized in traditional medicine.

Medicinal plants include Chinese caterpillar fungus, Fritillaria and Codonopsis.

Ma said he fed his runners turtle soup and caterpillar fungus to increase their endurance, resulting in startling, world-record performances.

Parents, students and even teachers have left home in pursuit of "yarchagumba," a high-altitude caterpillar fungus that is eagerly sought for its reputed sexual enhancement.

Ma claimed the high-altitude training and concoctions of turtle blood and caterpillar fungus he fed the runners helped them set world records.

If people around the world are hording gold coins as protection against a possible surge in inflation, some in China are betting on caterpillar fungus.

The main herb used is stated to be Cordyceps sinensis (caterpillar fungus), whose productive buds are available in the hills of Bhutan.

Every June and July, the entire school would be sent up to the hills to search for Yartza Gunbu (caterpillar Fungus).

Ma's coach, Ma Junren, attributed his athletes success to hard training, turtle shell soup and cordyceps sinensis (a caterpillar fungus).

Few inspect the counters and jars filled with exotic salves and cures, from dried bats and lizards to caterpillar fungus.

Many larvae of this genus are the hosts to the parasitic fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis.

The huge market value of the Ophiocordyceps sinensis fungus crop collected from the wild has also resulted in unsustainable exploitation which is proving very difficult to regulate.

Notable medicinal mushrooms with a well-documented history of use include Agaricus subrufescens, Ganoderma lucidum, and Ophiocordyceps sinensis.

Tolypocladium sinense, P. hepiali, and Scydalium hepiali, have no valid information and thus are not considered as anamorph to Ophiocordyceps sinensis.

In fact, the economy here has been transformed in the past decade by a law allowing residents to collect Ophiocordyceps sinensis, the "caterpillar fungus," which is prized in Chinese medicine.

In the Eastern cultures such as Ancient China fungi were classified as plants in the Traditional Chinese Medicine texts, and cordyceps, and in particular Ophiocordyceps sinensis were considered zoophytes.

In 2007, nuclear DNA sampling revealed this species to be unrelated to most of the rest of the genus' members; as a result it was renamed Ophiocordyceps sinensis and placed in a new family, the Ophiocordycipitaceae.

One of the earliest clear records is a Tibetan medical text authored by Zurkhar Nyamnyi Dorje in the 15th century outlining the tonic propensities of Yartsa gunbu (Cordyceps sinensis renamed now to Ophiocordyceps sinensis), especially as an aphrodisiac.

These findings support the belief that Cordyceps Sinensis CS-4 has potential for promoting aerobic capacity and resistance to fatigue.

Cordyceps Sinensis has had some preliminary studies performed showing a possible increase in oxygen uptake and increase in time to exhaustion, but not conclusively.

The main herb used is stated to be Cordyceps sinensis (caterpillar fungus), whose productive buds are available in the hills of Bhutan.

Cordyceps Sinensis is a highly valued medicinal mushroom in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

Mechanism of action: Recent clinical research supports the anti-fatigue claims of Cordyceps Sinensis in TCM.

This market is known to sell Cordyceps sinensis, dried caterpillars infected by a parasitic fungus considered by many Chinese to be a cure for cancer, ageing and everything else.

Until recently, the best known species of the genus was Cordyceps sinensis, first recorded as yartsa gunbu in Nyamnyi Dorje's 15th century Tibetan text An ocean of Aphrodisiacal Qualities.

The first time in Vietnam, he together with scientists and DAIBIO Company and DAIBIO Great Traditional Medicine Family Clinic discovered the Cordyceps sinensis as Isaria cerambycidae N.SP.