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Shatavari
Important safety information: Avoid with asparagus allergy. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, fertility-treatment and hormone-sensitive-condition use require qualified advice; may have diuretic and glucose-lowering effects.
Herbal actions
- Ayurvedic reproductive tonic traditionally
- adaptogen traditionally
- demulcent
Traditional and practitioner uses
These uses are presented for historical and educational context. They are not treatment claims.
- Traditional Ayurvedic women’s tonic
- Traditional digestive-soothing use
- Clinical evidence remains limited
Main constituents
Steroidal saponins called shatavarins, mucilage, flavonoids and polysaccharides
Preparation overview
Tea: Decoction. Traditional use does not prove fertility, lactation or hormone effects.
Liquid extract reference: Product-specific; no universal dose
Preparation strengths are not interchangeable. Open the interactive guide for the complete evidence notes and sources available for this herb.
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