Benefits of Yarsagumba

Benefits of Yarsagumba

The use of Yarsagumba for its numerous medicinal benefits is supported by both alternative medicines through its use in Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine for many centuries and Modern Science by numerous research papers and publications.

Yarsagumba (Ophiocordyceps sinensis or O. sinensis) can be used to treat condi­tions such as hyposexuality, night sweats, hyperglycemia, hyper­lipidemia, asthenia, arrhythmias, and other heart, respiratory, renal and liver diseases.
Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Vo1. 3, No. 1, pp. 16-32,2013


Cordyceps have beneficial properties such as anti-cancer, anti-proliferative, anti-angiogenic, anti-metastasis, apoptosis induction, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-fibrotic, anti-arteriosclerosis, anti-hypertensive, antithrombotic, antimalarial, antifungal, hypolipidemic, antidiabetic,  hypoglycemics, anti-asthmatic, steroidogenesis, spermatogenic, anti-aging, and immunomodulatory effects.
Frontiers in Pharmacology, February 2021.


Yarsagumba extract may be a promising therapeutic strategy for the treatment of severe and incurable diseases, such as Pulmonary Hypertension, due to its promising anti-proliferative and vasodilatory characteristics.
Medicina March 2020


It has been shown that Yarsagumba can be used to treat conditions such as hyposexuality, night sweats, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, arrhythmias, and other heart, respiratory, renal, and liver diseases. The chemical constituents of natural Cordyceps include cordycepic acid, glutamic acid, amino acids, polyamines, cyclic dipeptides, saccharides and sugar derivatives, sterols, nucleotides and nucleosides, 28 saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, fatty acid derivatives and other organic acids, vitamins, and inorganic elements.
International Journal of Herbal Medicine 2017