[tag]Shatavari[/tag] ([tag]Asparagus racemosus[/tag]) is found in the Indian forests, the roots of which are of high medicinal value and used for balancing all the three doshas, especially [tag]Pitta dosha[/tag]. Shatavari is a diuretic, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac and a nutritive tonic.
Shatavari has been found beneficial in treating convalescence, cancer (is used to strengthen the patient after chemotherapy), cough, diarrhea, dehydration, dysentry, chronic fever, bronchitis, hyperacidity, herpes, impotence, infertility, AIDS, lung abscess, muscle spasms, menopause, rheumatism, stiffness of joints, and stomach ulcers. The herb is also used for increasing lactation in nursing mothers, and helps in blood purification, treating hormonal imbalances in women and nourishes the ovum. The [tag]ayurveda herb[/tag] is also used in treating gastrointestinal disorders and is used in cleaning up and healing wounds. Shatavari is also well known due to its rejuvanative properties and is useful in treating infertility and is in other words called “[tag]hundred husbands[/tag]”. It is considered as an important ayurvedic medicine for women.
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Asparagus racemosus, Willd.
(Liliaceae)
English: Asparagus, Sparrow Grass; French : Asperge; Arabic : Kishk Almaz; Persian : Satawar; Sanskrit : Shatavari, Shatamuli; Hindi : Satavari; Chinese : Tian Men Dong, Tiandong; German : Spargel
Therapeutic Uses :
The tuberous roots have alterative, antacid, antiinflammatory, antispasmodic, aperient, aphrodisiac, astringent, cooling, demulcent, diaphoretic, diuretic, galactagogue, laxative, nutritive, oleaginous, sedative, stomachic and tonic properties. Useful in tumors, inflammations, diseases of blood and eye, throat complaints, tuberculosis, leprosy, epilepsy, night blindness and kidney troubles. It is proved that it increases milk production in lactating women. Also recommended for gout, dropsy and rheumatism.
Asparagus is perhaps best known as a female rejuvenative. According to Ayurvedic texts, Shatavari means “one who possesses hundred husbands”. The root contains compounds called steroidal glycosides (asparagoside) that directly affect hormone production and may very well influence emotions. It is the most important herb in Ayurvedic medicine for dealing with problems connected with women’s fertility. It is useful in infertility, decreased libido, threatened miscarriage, menopause, leucorrhoea, menstrual cramps and has the ability to balance pH in the cervical area. Dry membranes, such as those on the vaginal wall, are also brought into balance through the herbs demulcent action. It tones, cleanses, nourishes, and strengthens the female reproductive organs and so is traditionally used to control the symptoms of PMS, including breast tenderness and abdominal bloating, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, leucorrhoea and menopause. It is also useful in pelvic inflammatory disease like endometriosis. It also supports deeper tissue and build blood and so it helps to remove infertility, prepare the womb for conception, prevent miscarriage and acts as a post-partum tonic where it helps to increase lactation and normalize the uterus and the changing hormones. So many of these benefits abound because Asparagus contains phytoestrogens, hormones that normalize estrogen levels and also play an important role in preserving women’s long term health. Clinical studies suggest that plant estrogen’s are better than drugs for hormone balancing since they do not produce negative side effects such as uterine cancer. This gentle herb will promote an easier balanced life.
Men may benefit from the herb as well in the treatment of impotence, spermatorrhoea, and general and sexual debility. In addition to it’s applications for reproductive organs, Asparagus is also quite effective for stomach ulcers, hyperacidity and diarrhoea. Dry and irritated membranes in the upper respiratory tract are soothed by this herb making it useful in cases of bronchitis and chronic fevers. It is believed to bring into balance all of the body’s fluids.
Indications :
Amenorrhoea, Biliousness, Blood Disorders, Bronchitis, Chronic Fevers, Cystitis, Decreased Libido, Dropsy, Dysmenorrhoea, Dyspepsia, Epilepsy, Erectile Dysfunction, Gastritis, Gout, Hyperacidity, Infertility in women, Kidney Dysfunction, Leprosy, Leucorrhoea, Menopausal Changes, Night Blindness, Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), Rheumatism, Seminal Debility, Sexual Debility, Sore Throat, Spermatorrhoea, Stomach Ulcers, Suppressed Post-partum Lactation, Threatened Miscarriage, Tumors, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and Vaginal Dryness.
Contraindications :
Do not take this herb when kidneys are inflamed, as it increases the rate of urinary production. Do not use if you have edema (swelling) due to impaired kidney or heart function. May cause dermatitis.
I am a 25yr young man I have been suffering from kidney stone for about two yrs but it is cured now and I have been taking shatavari mixed with milk. Is is good n safe for me to do so.
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