Talk:Shatavari

Asparagus racemosus Willd.

Shatavari

Section/Chapter	Herb database/Shatavari
Botanical name(s)	Asparagus racemosus Willd.
Family	Liliaceae
Availability	Available
Contributors	--
Year of publication	2025
Publisher	Charak Samhita Research, Training and Skill Development Centre
DOI	Awaited

English name

Wild Asparagus

Therapeutic Uses

Acid Peptic Disorders (Amlapitta), Haemorrhoids (Arsha), Diarrhoea (Atisara), Abdominal lump (Gulma), Kshaya, Bleeding diarrhoea (Raktisara), Intrinsic haemorrhage (Raktapitta), Raktavikara, Gout (Vatarakta), Herpes zoster (Visarpa), Parinama Shoola, Mutrarakta, Vatajvara, Hoarseness of voice (Svarabheda), Night blindness (Naktandhya), Sutika Roga, Stanya Dosha, Stanya Kshaya

Other varieties / other botanical names

• Asparagus rigidulus Nakai
• Protasparagus racemosus (Willd.) Oberm.

Types

Bhavaprakasha Nighantu

Mentioned 2 types

1. Shatavari – Asparagus racemosus Willd.
2. Mahashatavari – Asparagus sarmentosus Linn.

Synonyms in Charak Samhita

Shatavari, Atirasa, Shatavirya, Bahusuta, Vari, Vira, Bhiru, Narayani

Synonyms in Bhavaprakasha Nighantu

Shatavari, Bahusuta, Bhiru, Indivari, Vari, Narayani, Shatapadi, Shatavirya, Pivari Mahashatavari – Shatamuli, Urdhvakantika, Sahasravirya, Hetu, Rushyaprokta, Mahodari

Ayurvedic pharmacological properties

Properties

Sr.no.	Pharmacological criteria	Properties
1	Taste (rasa)	Sweet (madhura), Bitter (tikta)
2	Potency (veerya)	Cold (sheeta)
3	Post digestion effect (vipaka)	Sweet (madhura)
4	Qualities (guna)	Heavy (guru), Unctuous (snigdha)
5	Actions (karma)	Pacify Vata and Pitta

Reference in Charak Samhita and its actions

Herbs and their activities

Sr.no.	Reference in Charak Samhita	Activity
1	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 4/9(7)	Balya(tonic) mahakashaya
2	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 5/65	Anutaila dravya
3	Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 27/107	Shaka Varga(group of vegetables)
4	Cha.Sa.Vimana Sthana 8/135	Vaman dravyani(emesis dravya)
5	Cha.Sa.Vimana Sthana 8/139	Madhur skanda(group of sweet drugs)
6	Cha.Sa.Sharira Sthana 8/20	Garbhasthapan dravya
7	Cha.Sa.Sharira Sthana 8/58	Stanyadushti(disease of vitiated breast milk ) chikitsa- Dhatrikarma
8	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 1/1/44	In formulation of brahma rasayana
9	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 2/1/25	Ingredient in Bruhaniya Gutika
10	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 2/1/28	Ingredient in Bruhaniya Gutika
11	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 2/1/34	Ingredient in Vajikaran Ghrita
12	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 2/2/6	Ingredient in Apatyakari Shashtikadi Gutika
13	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 2/2/14	Ingredient in Apatyakar Swaras
14	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 2/2/18	Ingredient in Vrushya Kshira
15	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 2/3/18	Ingredient of  Vrushya shatavari Ghrita
16	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 2/4/28	Ingredient in Apatyakar Ghrita
17	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 3/250	As an ingredient of Jeevantyadi anuvasana basti
18	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 3/258	As an ingredient of Chandanadhya taila
19	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 5/123	Ingredient in Drakshadya Ghrit for Pittaj Gulma
20	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 7/145	Ingredient in Mahatikta Ghrita
21	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 8/79	Ingredient in Shira-Pashva –Ansha Shula nashak lepa
22	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 8/105	Ghrit preparation in treatment of Daha(burning)
23	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 10/35	Ingredient in Palankashadi tail
24	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 10/64	Ingredient in Atattvabhinivesh nashak yog
25	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 11/36	Ingredient in Amrutprash Ghrita
26	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 11/46	Ingredient in Shvadamshtradi Ghrita
27	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 11/66	Ingredient in Chaturtha Sarpigud
28	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 18/40	As a ghrita dravya
29	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 18/43	As a ghrita dravya
30	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 19/50	As a yavagu(gruel) dravya
31	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 19/78	Use with paya(milk) as a ahara(food) or ghrita
32	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 19/97	As an ingredient of satavari ghrita
33	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 19/62	As a anuvasana dravya
34	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 21/78	As an ingredient of yavaka pradeha(external application)
35	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 21/79	As an ingredient of Baladi alepa
36	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 21/90	For pradeha prayoga in kaphaja visarpa(herpes)
37	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 21/91	For pradeha prayoga in kaphaja visarpa(herpes)
38	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 21/84	For pradeha prayoga in Vata-pittaja visarpa(herpes)
39	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 25/47	As an ingredient of Vijayadi pralepa
40	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 25/75	Used in shoola with sneha & sarkara
41	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 28/110	Use for nadi sveda(fomentation)
42	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 28/160	As an ingredient of Amrutadi taila
43	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/52	Used as Shaka dravya
44	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/56	As an ingredient of Baladi Ghrita
45	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/58	As an ingredient of Parushaka Ghrita
46	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/61	As an ingredient of Jeevaniya Ghrita
47	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/72	As an ingredient of Jeevakadi mahasneha
48	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/76, 77	As an ingredient of Sthiradi Ghrita/Taila
49	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/81	As an ingredient of Baladi yoga
50	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 29/92	As an ingredient of Madhuparnyadi taila
51	Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 30/53	As an ingredient of Kashmaryadi ghrita, used in the treatment of Vataja yoni

Dose

• Churna – 3 – 6 gm

Important formulations

As per A.P.I.

• Brahma Rasayana
• Puga Khanda
• Narasimha Churna
• Mahanarayana Taila
• Shatavari Guda
• Saubhagya Shunthi
• Bruhat Chhagaladi Ghrita
• Shatavari Ghrita
• Shatavari Kalpa
• Ashvagandharishta

Current availability

Available

• In India –

Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand, Tamil nadu, Andhra Pradesh

• Out of India –

Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia

Current researches

https://cb.imsc.res.in/imppat/phytochemical/Asparagus%20racemosus

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