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This site has information on Ayurveda which is very good for your health
and a leading alternative medicine. Ayurveda is very popular in India and
now is getting popular around the world. Herbs play a big part in Ayurveda
as does meditation. We have information on ayurveda in general, ayurveda
chakras, ayurveda medicine, maharishi ayurveda, ayurveda cooking and information
on your body type such as pita, vata and Kapha.
Herbs
- Shatavari
Latin
-- Asparagus racemosus
Sanskrit -- Shatavari
Hindi -- Shatavari
English -- Indian Asparagus, Hundred Roots
Parts Used:
Roots and leaves.
Each part has a different therapeutic value and must be prepared in its own
way for maximum benefits. This climber growing in the low jungles is found
all over India, especially northern India.
Traditional
Ayurvedic Uses:
Shatavari is
one of the most important of all herbs for female reproductive health, and
it especially improves the quality and quantity of reproductive fluids in
men and women (Shukra Dhatu). It is also used to improve the quality and quantity
of mother's milk when breastfeeding. This herb is known to increase Sattwa,
or positivity and healing power. It also enhances the feelings of spiritual
love, and increases Ojas (that through which consciousness enters the physiology).
Shatavari supports
all the metabolic processes (Agnis) to create good quality in all seven categories
of bodily tissues (Dhatus).
Should be used
with other herbs to avoid aggravation of any congestion.
The experts at
Maharishi Ayurveda do not recommend the use of single herbs for self-care
due to several important reasons:
- Single herbs
often have unwanted effects over time, which can be canceled by herbs in
proper combination.
- Herbs in combination
are much more powerful.
- Good formulas
address all co-factors to a health goal for much greater effectiveness.
- Expert combinations
include herbs that increase assimilation and effective potency of the other
ingredients.
- Herbs have
different effects according to dose, and when mixed with other herbs.
