Asparagus racemosus
Latin Name:
Asparagus racemosusAsparagus sarmentosus, Asparagus gonoclados,
Asparagus adscendens.
Common Name: Asparagus
Sanskrit/Nepali Name: Satavari,
Kurilo
Description:
A tall climber with thin leaves. Roots are white, long and
tapering at both ends. These roots come out in bunches and
spread in the earth. Older plants have longer and thicker
roots. Small white and fragrant flowers appear on this plant
in the beginning of the rainy season. Fruits in the shape
of small berries appear in the autumn.
Distribution:
It grows in tropical, sub-tropical and temperate hills and
plains. It grows well with long roots in sandy soil.
Part Used: Tuberous Roots
Phytochemical properties:
The plant contains triterpene saponins - Shatavarin I -
IV, which are phytoestrogen compounds.
Medicinal properties:
The roots are bitter, sweet, emollient, antispasmodic, cooling,
demulcent, diuretic, nervine, tonic, constipating or antidiarrhetic,
opthalimic, galactagogue, nutritive, mucilaginous, refrigerant,
anobyne, aphrodisiac, stomachic and antidysenteric . They
are useful in nervous disorders, dyspepsia, tumours, scalding
of urine, throat infections, tuberclosis, cough bronchitis,
general debility, muscle spasms, rheumatism, stomach ulcers,
hematemesis, cancer - strengthens one from and for chemotherapy,
convalescence, dehydration, diarrhea, dysentery, chronic
fevers, herpes, hyperacidity, Immune system boost-good for
AIDS, impotence, infertility, leucorrhea and menopause.
Dosage:
Root juice: one teaspoonful.
Milk preparation: 125 ml
Ayurvedic preparations:
Narayana Taila, satamulyadi lauha, satavari Ghrita etc.
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