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  • शतावरी
  • शताह्वा
  • शून्यमध्यः
  • शॆफाली
  • शुभ्रा
  • शुभा
  • शम्पाकः
  • शम्बरी
  • शमी
  • शमीपत्रा
  • श्यॆनघण्टा
  • श्यामकः
  • श्यामा
  • श्यामाकः
  • श्यॊनाकः

    • Name - शतावरी

    Botanical name - Asparagus racemosus

    Description - Perennial tuberous scandent shrubs with triquetrous cladodes and stem with spines. Flowers white, in simple or branched racemes. Berry globose. The fresh roots occur in fascicles of long slender cream colored roots of fusiform shape, which may be upto 75 cm. long, and 1.5 cm. thick. On drying the drug becomes thin and brittle.

    Chemical Constituents- Plant contains saponins Shatavarin I to IV. Roots contain sitosterol, udecanyl cetanoate. Leaves contain diosgenin. mature fruits contain glycosides, sitosterol, stigmasterol, sarsapogenin, sitosterol-Beta-D-glucoside, and saponin.

    Use - It is used as refrigerent, demulcent, diuretic, aphrodisiac, antispasmodic, alterative, anti-diarrhoeal, anti-dysenteric, galactagogue and veterinary demulcent. Fresh root juice mixed with honey and given in dyspepsia. Roots used in nervous and rheumatic complaints.