SHATAVARI SHATAMULI ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS

SHATAVARI, SHATAMULI (Asparagus racemosus Willd.) ++

Synonyms :
A. rigidulus Nakai, A. schoberioides Kunth, Protasparagus racemosus (Willd.) Oberm.

Activities (Shatavari) :
Alterative (f; DEP; SUW); Amebicide (1; KAP; MPI); Antiaggregant (1; MPI); Antibacterial (1; ABS; WO2); Anticancer (1; KAP; MPI); Antiinflammatory (f; KAB); Antioxytocic (1; MPI); Antipyretic (f; DEP; SUW); Antispasmodic (f; DEP; KAP; SUW); Antitussive (1; FT71:686); Aperitif (f; KAB); Aphrodisiac (f; DEP; HHB; KAP; SUW); Astringent (f; KAB); Bitter (f; KAB); Bradycardic (f; MPI); Carcinogenic (1; WO2); Demulcent (f; DEP; SUW); Depurative (f; KAB); Diuretic (f; DEP; HHB; MPI; SUW); Expectorant (f; KAB); Fungicide (1; WO2); Hypotensive (1; MPI); Lactagogue (1; MPI; SUW; WO2); Laxative (f; KAB); Mastogenic (f; MPI); Respiradepressant (1; MPI); Stimulant (f; DEP); Stomachic (f; KAB); Tonic (f; MPI); Tuberculosis (f; KAB); Uterorelaxant (1; WO2).

Indications (Shatavari) :
Ameba (1; KAP; MPI); Anorexia (f; KAB); Bacteria (1; ABS; WO2); Biliousness (f; KAB; KAP); Cancer (1; JLH; KAB; KAP; MPI); Cancer, abdomen (1; JLH; MPI); Cancer, colon (1; JLH; MPI); Cancer, skin (1; KAP); Cardiopathy (f; MBB); Cerebrosis (f; SUW); Constipation (f; KAB); Cough (1; FT71:686); Cramp (f; DEP; KAP; KAB; SUW); Dermatosis (f; ABS); Dehydration (f; HH2); Diabetes (f; SUW); Diarrhea (f; DEP; KAB; SUW); Dysentery (f; DEP; KAB; SUW); Dyspepsia (f; HH2); Dysuria (f; KAB); Enterosis (f; JLH); Epilepsy (f; KAB; MBB); Epistaxis (f; SKJ); Escherichia (1; WO2); Fever (f; DEP; SKJ; SUW); Fungus (1; WO2); Gastrosis (f; MBB); Gleet (f; KAB; KAP); Gonorrhea (f; KAB; KAP); Gout (f; MBB); Heatstroke (f; SKJ); Hematuria (f; MBB); Hemorrhoid (f; MBB); Hepatosis (f; KAB; KAP; MBB); High Blood Pressure (1; MBB; MPI); Impotence (f; DEP); Infection (1; WO2); Infertility, female (f; HHB); Inflammation (f; KAB; MBB); Leprosy (f; KAB); Mycosis (1; WO2); Nephrosis (f; KAB; KAP); Nyctalopia (f; KAB); Ophthalmia (f; KAB); Pain (f; SKJ); Pulmonosis (f; MBB); Rheumatism (f; HH2; SUW); Salmonella (1; WO2); Schistosomiasis (f; HH2); Shigella (1; WO2); Smallpox (f; DEP); Spermatorrhea (f; SKJ); Staphylococcus (1; WO2); Thirst (f; SKJ); Tuberculosis (1; PR14:118); Uterosis (f; MBB); VD (f; KAP; PR14:118); Water Retention (f; DEP; HHB; MPI; SUW).

Dosages (Shatavari) :
12–20 ml infusion (KAP); 56–112 ml decoction (KAP); 20–30 g powdered herb (KAP).

Extracts (Shatavari) :
Methanol extracts antitussive, IC40 = 200 mg/kg orl mus, IC58.5 = 400 mg/kg orl mus. Contains 4 saponins, shatavarin I to IV. Shatavarin IV is a glucoside of sarsapogenin (two molecules of rhamnose and one of glucose). At doses 20–500 µg/ml, it specifically blocks ocytocin.