- Botanical name : Asparagus racemosus
- Family : Liliaceae
- Tamil : Thaneer vittan kizhangu
- Hindi : Satavar
- Malayalam : Sathavari
- English : Climbing Asparagus
- Habit : A climber having stems up to 4 m long. Its roots are both fibrous and tuberous
- Distribution :Tropical and subtropical india
- Useful part : Tuberous root
- Rasa Panchaka
- Rasa : Madhura, Tikta
- Guna : Guru, Snigdha
- Veerya : Shita
- Vipaka : Madhura
- Karma : Vata pitta hara, Balya, Rasayana, Stanyajanana
- Indications : Raktapitta, Vata vyadhi, Stanya kshaya, Atisara, Kshaya.
- Dose : Powder – 3-6 gm, decoction – 40-80 ml, fresh juice – 10-20 ml
- Formulations : Shatavari ghrita, Shatavari guda, Shatavari kalpa, Narayana taila
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