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Date Posted: 03:01:16 11/27/09 Fri
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Tongkat Ali, Gingseng, Viagra, Cialis, etc........this new natural wonder threatens to "get on top" of it all.
This news article appeared in Friday morning's headlines.
Indian police in Kashmir seized a $US3 million ($A3.22 million) haul of a rare fungus touted as "Himalayan Viagra" for its supposed aphrodisiac properties, an officer said on Thursday.
Four men were arrested on Monday with 90 kilograms of the fungus, caterpillar mushroom, in the mountainous Ladakh region in the Indian portion of Kashmir, said Bhim Sen Tuti, a police officer.
They were allegedly trying to smuggle the fungus into China, he said.
The fungus is traditionally used in Chinese medicines as an aphrodisiac and for treating fatigue and diseases including cancer.
The street value of the haul was $US3 million, police said.
If convicted, the four face jail terms ranging from seven years to life imprisonment for violating India's Wildlife, Forest and Biodiversity laws, Tuti told The Associated Press.
This is the first time police have unearthed an illegal trade in caterpillar fungus to China from Indian Kashmir, he said.
Zulfiqar Ali, a researcher at Kashmir University's pharmacy department, said the fungus is harvested in freezing temperatures in mountainous Kashmir, which is divided between India and Pakistan. Both claim the region in its entirety.
Ladakh is about 500 kilometres northeast of Srinagar, the main city of Indian Kashmir.
So maybe our Klang Wizard can start brewing up something in his Dispensary for all the incapacitated CO64 Apeks with this 'fungus'?
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