Ethnobotany of the Medicinal Plants: Case of Ophiocordyceps sinensis (Yarsagumba) and Its Benefits for Nepal, India, and Bhutan

• DOI: 10.3808/jeil.202300103
• Publication Date: 2023-06-28T00:52:31Z
• Authors: S. Giri; N. Ojha; ; S. Subedi; S. Rana; Y. Bhandari; A. Khanal
• Keywords: Ethnobotany

Ophiocordyceps sinensis (Yarsagumba) is complex combination of fungus and dead caterpillar having high medicinal economic value. From the ancient time, it being used as traditional medicine in countries like Nepal India. It naturally grows Himalayan alpine pastures Nepal, India Bhutan. However, there are limited literatures which explores people’s interaction with plants. This study focuses on availability usage Yarsagumba For this, systematic literature review was conducted to gather information from online resources using different keywords. largely for brain body nourishment improve immune system a renoprotective, anti-inflammatory, anti-metastatic, neuroprotective agent. Despite major opportunity, India, Bhutan have been only contributing 1.6, 1.4, 0.5%, respectively total annual production sinensis. paper has explored details ethnobotany use plants context Apart production, benefits, also discussed this paper.