Habitat Native to Europe and West Asia.
English Asparagus, Sparrow grass.
Ayurvedic ø Shataavari, Van, Shatviryaa, Shatmuuli, Shatpadi, Bhiru, Naaraayani, Bahusutaa, Atirasaa.
Action Diuretic, laxative, cardiotonic, sedative, galactagogue;
used for neuritis and rheumatism, as well as for cystitis and pyelitis.
Key application In irrigation
therapy for inflammatory diseases of the urinary tract and for
prevention of kidney stones.
(German Commission E.). It is
contraindicated in kidney diseases and oedema because of functional heart.
The root contains steroidal glycosides (asparagosides) and bitter glycosides; asparagusic acid and its derivatives; asparagines, arginine and tyrosine; flavonoids, including rutin, kaempferol and quercetrin; polysaccarides and inulin. Asparagine is a strong diuretic source of folic acid and selenium.
A spirostanol glycoside, isolated from the methanolic extract of the fruits, has shown 100% immobilization of human spermatozoa.
Dosage Root—3—5 g powder. (CCRAS.)
Asparagus racemosus wifid.
Family Asparagaceae.
Habitat Found wild in tropical and subtropical parts of India, including the Andamans and ascending in the Himalayas to 1,500 m.
English Indian asparagus.
Ayurvedic Shataavari, Shatmuuli, Atirasaa, Bahusutaa, Shatpadi,
Shatviryaa, Bhiru, Indivari,
Unani Haliyun.
Asphodelus fistulosus Linn. 69
Van. (Substitute for Medaa, Mahaamedaa.)
Unani Sataavar.
Siddha/Tamil Thanneervittan kizhangu, Sataavani Kizhangu.
Action Used as a galactagogue and for disorders of female
genitourinary tract; as a styptic and ulcer-healing agent; as an intestinal disinfectant and astringent in
diarrhoea; as a nervine tonic, and in sexual debility for spermatogenesis.
Along with other therapeutic applications, The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India indicates the use of
