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What is shatavari?
Shatavari is the root of Asparagus racemosus, a thorny liana of India of the asparagus family. In Ayurveda, she is called the queen of plants — the feminine rasayana (regenerator) of reference, used for more than 3500 years to accompany women through all the seasons of their lives. Her name means "she of the hundred roots".
What is shatavari used for?
Ayurvedic tradition uses shatavari as a ground tonic for the feminine terrain — cycle, conception, postpartum, menopause — and as a nourishing adaptogen that restores what exhaustion has taken. She is a plant of long time, who reveals herself over weeks, not a vitamin with immediate effect.
How do I use shatavari powder?
The classic way — a teaspoon (about 3 to 5 g) of powder in a warm drink (plant milk or simmering water around 80°C), with a pinch of cardamom and a little honey. In the morning or evening. Indian tradition marries her with warm milk, whose fat better carries her saponins. As regular cure over several weeks.
Is shatavari good for menopause?
Ayurvedic tradition has accompanied perimenopause and menopause with shatavari for millennia, for her receptive and cooling quality suited to dry transitions. Preliminary clinical studies explore this use. Shatavari is not a medicine — in case of important symptoms or hormonal treatment, ask a healthcare professional's advice.
Can I take shatavari during breastfeeding?
Shatavari is one of the best-known traditional galactagogues of Ayurveda — the famous Shatavari Kalpa of the forty postpartum days testifies. Modern research is looking into this use. During pregnancy as during breastfeeding, never start without the accompaniment of a qualified practitioner.
What are the contraindications of shatavari?
Avoid shatavari in case of known asparagus allergy (same botanical family). In presence of an estrogen-sensitive condition (breast cancer, fibroids, endometriosis), kidney failure, pregnancy or hormonal treatment, ask for medical advice before use — shatavari has a soft phytoestrogenic activity and a slight diuretic effect.
What does the name shatavari mean?
Sanskrit shat + avar reads "she of the hundred roots" — and indeed, a mature plant carries a bundle of white tuberous roots that can number a hundred. But vari also reads "husbands", hence the reading "she who has a hundred husbands", and the vaidya tradition adds a third, "healer of a hundred diseases". Three readings that coexist over 3500 years.
Is shatavari reserved for women?
Shatavari is mostly celebrated as the women's plant, but Ayurvedic tradition also recognises her for men — she carries the Yin quality, receptive and nourishing, useful to anyone crossing dryness, exhaustion or excess internal heat. Paired with Ashwagandha (the "King"), she forms the Queen-King duo of the Indian pharmacopoeia.
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