Yarsa gunbu, better known outside Nepal as the Himalayan Viagra, accounts for two-fifths of the country’s non-timber exports. Every year, hundreds of thousands of Nepalis head for the hilly ...

Nepal Tea brings the experience to life with its tea tour. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip. ... Participants in the tea tour will be harvesting tea from Kanchanjangha Tea Estate, which sits in ...

Every summer, Himalayan villages empty as locals rush to the mountains of northern Nepal to harvest yarchagumba, a high-altitude wild fungus that is prized for its aphrodisiac qualities.

The lucrative annual trek to harvest a caterpillar fungus nicknamed "Himalayan Viagra" that can fetch three times the price of gold in China will be banned amid Nepal's coronavirus lockdown ...

For decades a rare fungus valued as an aphrodisiac and dubbed "Himalayan Viagra" has been a source of income for poor villagers in Nepal's remote Himalayan foothills.

Heavenly Harvest in Nepal. By Bates Magazine. Published on August 27, 2010. Share on Email Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Share on LinkedIn ... Lots of tea meant many bathroom breaks but the ...

Pandemic Shuts Down Nepal's 'Himalayan Viagra' Harvest. By IBT Staff Reporter Published 05/07/20 AT 9:52 AM EDT.