Journey to Yarsa | Nepali Documentary

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Journey to Yarsa

This video clip is taken from a documentary film "Journey to Yarsa" filmed by Dipendra Bhandari in 2011. The video was recorded in highlands of Pupal Buki of Maikot village in Rukum district, Nepal. If you like to watch the full video then you can buy this DVD video from any video shop in Nepal. The video highlights on the collecting of precious fungus "Yarsagumba". Yarsagumba is Nepalized Tibetan name "dbyar rtswa dgun'bu" (summer grass, winter worm) for a rare fungus that parasites on the body of a caterpillar of a moth (genus THITARODES). This so-called CATERPILLAR FUNGUS (CORDYCEPS, or also OPHIOCORDYCEPS SINENSIS) grows only at high altitudes in Tibet, Nepal, China, Bhutan and North-East India. For its medical effects, YARSAGUMBA has been an important component for a many of years in Traditional Chinese Medicine. However, due to a constantly growing demand and the difficulties in harvesting, YARSAGUMBA has become the most expansive medicinal substance in the world.