BOTANICAL NAME
ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS
FAMILY????
Asparagaceae
SYNONYMS NAMES
Sanskrit Name :- Shatavari, Shatmooli, Shatvirya
English Name :- Indian Asparagus, Hundred Roots , Asparagus roots, Buttermilk Root, Climbing Asparagus, Wild Asparagus
Hindi Name :- Satavar
Bengali Name :- Shatmuli
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
PLANT DESCRIPTION (Botanical Identification):-? Scandant, much branched spinous undershrub with tuberous, short root stock bearing numerous fusiform tuberous roots, 30-100 cm long and 1-2 cm thick. Leaves reduced to minute chaffy scales and spines.Unpeeled roots are cream to light brown in colour and show a number of scars and protuberances of lateral rootlets besides numerous minute wrinkles on the external surface. It possesses usual piliferous layer but this layer is very often ruptured and replaced by a dark pigmented tissue of broken down cells. When complete, the piliferous layer is composed of small thin walled square or rectangular cells, many of which are modified into root hairs. Beneath the piliferous layer is a 7 – 10 layered zone of outer cortex which is composed of compactly arranged thick walled suberized cells with very irregular transverse outlines and with distinct somewhat lignified mid-lamellae.
PART? USED?????????? :- BULB
DOSAGE?????? 😕 Swaras 10 – 20 ml, Kwath 50 – 100 ml, Churna 3 – 6 gm
SCIENTIFIC/CLINICAL USES
Nematicidal? |?? Anticancer? | Antidysentric? |? Antifungal? |? Gastric-sedative? |? Anti-bacterial? |? Antiabortifacient? |? Antioxytoxic? |? Antiviral? |? Diuretic? |? Galactagogue? |? Antiamoebic? |?? Hypoglycaemic? |? Anticoagulant
CLASSICAL FORMULATIONS
Ashmarihar kashay churna???? |????? Asohka ghrita???????????? |???????? Baladhatryadi taila????? |?????? Brahma rasayan????? |??????? Brhanmanjisthadi kvath churna???????????? |???? Garbh chintamani rasa |???? Guduchyadi modaka????????? |?????? Mahatiktaka ghrita???? |??????? Manmatha rasa?? |??????? Narayana taila???????? |?????? Shatavaryadi ghrita??? |?? Shatawaryadi churna??? |????? Sukumar ghrita????????? |???? Vayucchaya surendra taila
GERERNAL USES
- Asparagus good for heart health, in regulating blood sugar, Anti-aging benefits, lowering the risk of type-2 diabetes, skin disease, preventing kidney stones, good for pregnant women, digestive health, reduces the risk of getting cancer.
AYURVEDIC ATTRIBUTES? ? ? ? ? ??
GUNA (Quality)???????
Guru, Snigdh
RASA (Taste)??????????
Madhur, Tikt
VIPAK (Metabolism)??????????
Madhur
VIRYA (Potency)????
Sheet
PRABHAV (Impact)???????????
Shukrajanan
REFERENCES
- http://www.agrifarming.in/asparagus-cultivation/
- http://www.svlele.com/herbal/shatavari.htm
