Yaks spends most of year on high altitude pastures above 2500m, grazing on various kinds of Himalayan herbs.On the high altitude there are many medicinal herbs grown.Yasargumba (Cordyceps) one of the medicinal herb that contains Protein, Vitamin A, B1,B2,B6,B12 which is used for treatment of leprosy infection of lungs and respiratory organs and other treatment of our body.
The local people of mustang believes that while yaks graze in high the medicinal quality of those herbs remains in the animal's blood and thus drinking the blood i beneficial to their health.
Yak blood drinking ceremony
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