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[[File:Asparagus racemosus.JPG|thumb|right|''Asparagus racemosus(Satavari)'']]
'''Satavari''' or '''Asparagus racemosus ''' (satavar, shatavari, or shatamull) is a species of asparagus common throughout Nepal, Sri Lanka, India and the Himalayas. It grows one to two metres tall and prefers to take root in gravelly, rocky soils high up in piedmont plains, at 1,300–1,400 metres elevation. <ref name="int"/> It was botanically described in 1799.Because of its multiple uses, the demand for Asparagus racemosus is constantly on the rise. Because of destructive harvesting, combined with habitat destruction, and deforestation, the plant is now considered "endangered" in its natural habitat.[citation clarification needed]
Asparagus racemosus (Shatavari) is recommended in Ayurvedic texts for the prevention and treatment of gastric ulcers and dyspepsia, and as a galactogogue. A. racemosus has also been used by some Ayurvedic practitioners for nervous disorders.<ref name="uses"/>
A few recent reports demonstrated some additional beneficial effects of this herb including antihepatotoxic, immunomodulatory, immunoadjuvant and antilithiatic effects.<ref name="uses2"/>
Shatawari has different names in the different Indian languages, such as shatuli, vrishya and other terms. In Nepal it is called kurilo. The name "shatawari" means "curer of a hundred diseases" (shatum: "hundred"; vari: "curer").
== References ==
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<ref name="int">[https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/FamineFoods/ff_families/LILIACEAE.html "LILIACEAE - Famine Foods"]</ref>
<ref name="uses"> Asparagus racemosus--an update. [Review] [28 refs] Goyal RK. Singh J. Lal H. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences. 57(9):408-14, 2003 Sep.</ref>
<ref name="uses2">[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4027291/ "Plant profile, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Asparagus racemosus (Shatavari): A review"]</ref>
</references>
== External Links ==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagus_racemosus Asparagus racemosus-Wikipedia]
[[Category:Herbs]]
