Leave the village and go to the forest to find Kutki

Angchuk Sherpa, Secretary of the Community Forest Users Group, said that people were left to collect kutki after charging a fee of 200 rupees. "The villagers have not been able to enter the forest for four/five years," he said. But there is no price. They are saying that Kutki is not plentiful.'

Sherpa said that now the market price is only one hundred rupees per kg. It was 300 rupees before the Corona infection. Even after the Corona infection, China did not open the border so they did not collect it. According to the locals, it is better to sell the kutki after taking it out.

If you bring it home and keep it, it will lose 50 percent more weight. Locals say that it will not be beneficial to sell after such a reduction. "Earlier, the Chinese traders used to come to the forest to harvest and take away," said Nupu Sherpa of Olangchungola, "Well, this year, they have not brought it."

Nupu said, 'There are only old people in the village, but there is confusion as to how much money can be exchanged.' Even though the Olangchungola border crossing has opened, China has sent a message to the Nepalese not to come for a few days. 35 hundred to 5 thousand This herb that can be found up to meters has to be dug out from the ground.

Locals say that it will be good in the area of ​​4,000 to 4500 meters. "It was thought that there would be plenty if it was not collected for many years, but the diggers are saying that it is thin," said Secretary Sherpa. He said that the villagers entered the forest under the leadership of the chairman of the community forest.

Kutki is visible from the inside to the outside of the ground . The Government of Nepal has placed kutki in the list of 30 important and researched herbs found in the Himalayan region. Chiraito, Yarsagumwa, Kutki and other herbs found in the Himalayan region are exported abroad for medicinal purposes.

Locals have been using it as a home remedy for colds, fevers, and coughs. Botanists said that they will study the usefulness of such herbs found in Nepal, India, China, Bhutan, and Pakistan. He said that in the year 2078, they will collect samples in Khumvu area and study the spread, tissue culture and other issues.

Kutki, which spreads in the ground, also spreads outside the ground where it is suitable, so botanists have also given it the title of 'guerilla plant'. Cheten Sherpa Bhote, the outgoing ward president of Paktanglung-7, says that after the opening of the border with China, a small amount of chiraito and some kutki were exported, but now they are not sold.

'There is no other source of income in the village, even if there is a couple of money,' said Bhote, 'one person can collect up to 10 to 15 kilos in a day.' It will not stop .

Bhote says that luck favors those who meet, those who don't meet are unlucky . Villagers who travel with Tripal and Odyana stay for a long time if they meet well. Secretary Sherpa said that they will leave Tatkal only for one month and open it again after the price increases.

According to him, it can be collected by November. Chheten's statement is that since foreign tourists do not come to this area, the village will be empty no matter what time it is opened.