Caterpillar cure-all
a shop work holds a large glass jar of caterpillar fungus for sale in Chinese pharmacy in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Known as 'yartsa gunbu' in Tibetan or 'winter worm, summer grass' in English, cater pillar fungus is highiy prized in traditional Chinese medicine. In recent yeras it has been subject to overexploitation on China's Tibetan Plateau, its native habitat. Caterpillar fungus can retail for anything up to HK$38,000(US$4,900)-twice the price of rhino horn on the international black market. It is billed as a cure-all for everything from impotence and hair loss to HIV/Aids. EPA
Caterpillar cure-all a shop work holds a large glass jar of caterpillar fungus for sale in Chinese pharmacy in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Known as 'yartsa gunbu' in Tibetan or 'winter worm, summer grass' in English, cater pillar fungus is highiy prized in traditional Chinese medicine. In recent yeras it has been subject to overexploitation on China's Tibetan Plateau, its native habitat. Caterpillar fungus can retail for anything up to HK$38,000(US$4,900)-twice the price of rhino horn on the international black market. It is billed as a cure-all for everything from impotence and hair loss to HIV/Aids. EPA
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