Author:
Bharat Thapa, Rajan Thapa

Doi: 10.26480/faer.01.2024.01.04

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The high-altitude grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas are home to the endemic species complex known as Chinese caterpillar fungus, which has a number of distinctive characteristics belonging to the order Hypocreales of the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. Yarsagumba is a valuable, low-volume organic Himalayan medicinal herb that is becoming more and more popular abroad, greatly boosting the local economies of the mountain people. It has been used as a tonic and aphrodisiac to treat a variety of conditions, such as cancer or tumor diseases, respiratory issues, liver or kidney problems, and hyperglycemia. A total of thirty-five published publications were taken out and examined from websites like Research Gate and Google Scholar. The morphology, distribution, status, therapeutic relevance, and economic significance of the species have all been investigated in this study.