Tibet is a place that many have heard of for one reason or another… here lately many have heard of the gold rush that is found in Tibet; that is known other than the Himalayan Viagra. This has been found on up high on the Tibetan plateau… there have been many adults and children seen crouching along the slopes and crawling all around in search of a particular caterpillar fungus… this caterpillar fungus is what is popularly known as the Himalayan Viagra.
Himalayan Viagra is said to be wanted in China due to the fact that it has qualities that are said to be medicinal and used as a aphrodisiac… it’s even said that it can fetch its weight in gold. There are two particular months that you can find Himalayan Viagra on the slopes and that is where a lot of people get a great majority of their income, even those that have other jobs that bring in money for their families. There are some families that say even though they have jobs they work on a regular basis; they wouldn’t be able to survive if they didn’t find the Himalayan Viagra that they can sale.
For hundreds of thousands of herders that are in Tibet, the caterpillar fungus is their main source of income; some even call it their financial lifeline and they find that it is the only way that they can link themselves to the growing prosperity that is being seen in China. Unfortunately for a lot of people they are finding that lifeline is slowing down and starting to fray. The caterpillar is now harder to find due to overharvesting and also because of the climate change that has been seen. Some have even said that the Chinese government is not doing all that it can to make sure that the harvest is sustainable and they are not doing enough to protect this lifeline either.
It’s been said that there have been Chinese researchers that have been sent to Tibet to try to figure out how they can artificially develop caterpillar fungus.