Hsu's Ginseng 50th Anniversary special event!

The event starts on 7/1/2024. For orders over $50, receive a FREE box of Hsu's 50th Anniversary Gift Set. It is limited to 1,000 boxes, while supplies last. Free standard shipping to the 48 contiguous United States for orders over $75, available only on WEEE! Global.

*Hsu's 50th Anniversary Gift Set - including American Ginseng Slices Pods x 2 and American Ginseng Tea Bags x 10.

Ophiocordyceps sinensis (formerly known as Cordyceps sinensis) is an entomopathogenic fungus (a fungus that grows on insects) found in mountainous regions of Nepal and Tibet. It parasitizes larvae of ghost moths and produces a fruiting body which used to be valued as a herbal remedy.

The fungus germinates in the living larva, kills and mummifies it, and then a dark brown stalk-like fruiting body which is a few centimeters long emerges from the corpse and stands upright. It is known in English colloquially as caterpillar fungus, or by its more prominent names yartsa gunbu or Chinese in Dong Chong Xia Cao.