Asparagus racemosus, Shatavari
Indian Asparagus
Shatavari (Ayurveda)
Satavar (Unani)
Nye Shing (Tibetan)
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Botanical name:
Asparagus racemosus
Others used include A. sarmentosus, A. curillus, A. filicinus
Parts used:
Root
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, moist. Sweet
Classifications:
Uses:
1. Nourishes Blood and Yin, Regulates Menstruation:
-considered a special tonic medicine for women and female disorders in Ayurveda.
-promotes menstruation when lacking and hinders when too excessive.
-nourishes Blood and benefits female hormones; benefits Fertility
2. Benefits the Kidneys, Nourishes Yin
-Increases Sperm
–Rasayana (Ayurveda); tonic for children and the aged.
-regarded as aphrodisiac (Ayurveda, Unani)
3. Promotes Milk
-increases supply and quality of Breast Milk
4. Resists Poison:
-root decoction is given for Rabid Dog bite in India
5. Externally:
-widely used in oils, for dryness of the skin, aggravated Wind, and weakness of the muscles and joints
Main Combinations:
1. As an aphrodisiac and kidney tonic:
i. Asparagus racemosus with … available in PRO version
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2. Promote Fertility in male and female, Asparagus racemosus with … available in PRO version
3. Increase quality and quantity of Sperm:
i. Asparagus racemosus with … available in PRO version
ii. Asparagus racemosus with … available in PRO version
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4. As a female tonic:
i. Asparagus racemosus combines well with Dang Gui
ii. Asparagus racemosus, … available in PRO version
5. As a childhood tonic:
i. Asparagus racemosus with … available in PRO version
ii. Asparagus juice is heated gently with Coconut milk, Cow Milk, Ghee, China root and Cardamon. This forms a nourishing tonic for emaciated children. (Shatavari Ghritam)
6. Promote and regulate Menstruation:
i. Asparagus racemosus with … available in PRO version
ii. Asparagus racemosus with … available in PRO version
iii. Asparagus racemosus with … available in PRO version
7. Prevent Miscarriage:
i. Asparagus racemosus with … available in PRO version
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8. Increase Milk quality and quantity, Asparagus racemosus, … available in PRO version
9. As a pediatric tonic, Asparagus racemosus with … available in PRO version
10. Colitis:
i. Asparagus racemosus, … available in PRO version
ii. Asparagus racemosus with … available in PRO version
11. Lung heat Cough, Asparagus racemosus with … available in PRO version
12. Difficult, painful urine, hematuria, Asparagus racemosus with … available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Asparagus Ghee (Shavatari Ghritam) (Ayurveda)
Dhatuvallabha Churna (Ayurveda)
Balivivan (Ayurveda)
Cardamon 7 (Sug smel 7) (Tibetan Medicine)
Mandala of the Sun (Se bru nye dkyil) (Tibetan Medicine)
Chyavanprash
Warm the Palace 7 Pill
Cautions:
1. Avoid in spleen weakness with loose bowels
Main Preparations used:
GENERAL / REVIEW
–Asparagus racemosus: a review on its phytochemical and therapeutic potential.
–Biological activities of Asparagus racemosus.
–Asparagus racemosus–ethnopharmacological evaluation and conservation needs.
–Asparagus racemosus–an update.
ANTIBACTERIAL
–Evaluation of antibacterial activity of Asparagus racemosus willd. root.
ANTI-VIRAL
–In-silico investigation of phytochemicals from Asparagus racemosus as plausible antiviral agent in COVID-19.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
–Anti-inflammatory activity of liposomes of Asparagus racemosus root extracts prepared by various methods.
ANTIOXIDANT
–In vitro antioxidant activities of root extract of Asparagus racemosus Linn.
–Antioxidant and hepatoprotective action of Asparagus racemosus Willd. root extracts.
–Identification of antioxidant compound from Asparagus racemosus.
ADAPTOGENIC
–Asparagus racemosus modulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and brain monoaminergic systems in rats.
EFFECT ON IMMUNITY
–Adjuvant effect of Asparagus racemosus Willd. derived saponins in antibody production, allergic response and pro-inflammatory cytokine modulation.
–Immunomodulatory potential of shatavarins produced from Asparagus racemosus tissue cultures.
–Characterization and in vitro immunomodulatory screening of fructo-oligosaccharides of Asparagus racemosus Willd.
–A unique immuno-stimulant steroidal sapogenin acid from the roots of Asparagus racemosus.
–Immunomodulatory activity of Asparagus racemosus on systemic Th1/Th2 immunity: implications for immunoadjuvant potential.
–Immunoadjuvant potential of Asparagus racemosus aqueous extract in experimental system.
HEPATOPROTECTIVE
–Antioxidant and hepatoprotective action of Asparagus racemosus Willd. root extracts.
–Protective effects of Asparagus racemosus on oxidative damage in isoniazid-induced hepatotoxic rats: an in vivo study.
ANXIETY & STRESS
–Asparagus racemosus attenuates anxiety-like behavior in experimental animal models.
–Antistress activity of ethanolic extract of Asparagus racemosus Willd roots in mice.
–Effects of Chlorophytum arundinaceum, Asparagus adscendens and Asparagus racemosus on pro-inflammatory cytokine and corticosterone levels produced by stress.
ANTIDEPRESSANT
–Antidepressant activity of Asparagus racemosus in rodent models.
EPILEPSY
–Ameliorative effect of Asparagus racemosus root extract against pentylenetetrazol-induced kindling and associated depression and memory deficit.
NEUROMODULATORY
–Neuromodulatory potential of Asparagus racemosus and its bioactive molecule Shatavarin IV by enhancing synaptic acetylcholine level and nAChR activity.
NEUROPROTECTIVE
–Neuroprotective effect of Asparagus racemosus root extract via the enhancement of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and estrogen receptor in ovariectomized rats.
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
–Neuro-nutraceutical potential of Asparagus racemosus: A review.
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
–Sarsasapogenin: A steroidal saponin from Asparagus racemosus as multi target directed ligand in Alzheimer’s disease.
ANTICONVULSIVE
–Anticonvulsant Effect of Asparagus racemosus Willd. in a Mouse Model of Catamenial Epilepsy.
PERFORMANCE ENHANCING
–The Effects of Asparagus Racemosus Supplementation Plus 8 Weeks of Resistance Training on Muscular Strength and Endurance.
ANTI-TUSSIVE
–Antitussive effect of Asparagus racemosus root against sulfur dioxide-induced cough in mice.
DIABETES
–Antidiabetic potential of Asparagus racemosus Willd leaf extracts through inhibition of α-amylase and α-glucosidase.
–Antihyperglycaemic activity of Asparagus racemosus roots is partly mediated by inhibition of carbohydrate digestion and absorption, and enhancement of cellular insulin action.
–Insulin secretory actions of extracts of Asparagus racemosus root in perfused pancreas, isolated islets and clonal pancreatic beta-cells.
DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY
–Asparagus racemosus Willd (Liliaceae) ameliorates early diabetic nephropathy in STZ induced diabetic rats.
GASTRODUODENAL ULCER
–Gastroduodenal ulcer protective activity of Asparagus racemosus: an experimental, biochemical and histological study.
–A clinical study of parinamasula and its treatment with satavari (asparagus racemosus willd.).
DIARRHEA
–Anti-diarrhoeal potential of Asparagus racemosus wild root extracts in laboratory animals.
URINARY STONES
–Study of antiurolithiatic activity of Asparagus racemosus on albino rats.
–Antilithiatic effect of Asparagus racemosus Willd on ethylene glycol-induced lithiasis in male albino Wistar rats.
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
–Impact of stress on female reproductive health disorders: Possible beneficial effects of shatavari (Asparagus racemosus).
ESTROGENIC
–Effect of Asparagus racemosus rhizome (Shatavari) on mammary gland and genital organs of pregnant rat.
GALACTOGOGUE
–A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial for Evaluation of Galactogogue Activity of Asparagus racemosus Willd.
–Randomized controlled trial of Asparagus racemosus (Shatavari) as a lactogogue in lactational inadequacy.
CANCER
–Asparagus racemosus and Geodorum densiflorum lectins induce apoptosis in cancer cells by altering proteins and genes expression.
–Shatavarins (containing Shatavarin IV) with anticancer activity from the roots of Asparagus racemosus.
BREAST
–Asparagus racemosus (Shatavari) targeting estrogen receptor α: – An in-vitro and in-silico mechanistic study.
–Inhibitory action of Asparagus racemosus on DMBA-induced mammary carcinogenesis in rats.
COLON
–Apoptosis inducing activity of steroidal constituents from Solanum xanthocarpum and Asparagus racemosus.
LIVER
–The effect of the aqueous extract of the roots of Asparagus racemosus on hepatocarcinogenesis initiated by diethylnitrosamine.
CHEMOTHERAPY TOXICITY
–Asparagus racemosus ameliorates cisplatin induced toxicities and augments its antileishmanial activity by immunomodulation in vivo.
