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Asparagus

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Genus:	Asparagus
Species:	A. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Liliopsida is a Botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family Asparagales is an order of Flowering plants The order must include the family Asparagaceae, but other families included in the order have varied markedly Asparagaceae is the Botanical name of a family of Flowering plants. The Genus Asparagus in the plant family Asparagaceae comprises up to 300 Species. racemosus

Binomial name

Asparagus racemosus
Willd.^[1]

Synonyms

Asparagus rigidulus Nakai^[1]
Protasparagus racemosus (Willd. Carl Ludwig Willdenow ( 22 August 1765 - 10 July 1812) was a German Botanist, Pharmacist, and plant taxonomist In Scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different Scientific names used for a single Taxon. ) Oberm. ^[1]

Asparagus racemosus or "Satavar" is a creeper of the plant genus Asparagus. The Genus Asparagus in the plant family Asparagaceae comprises up to 300 Species. It contains adventitious root system with tuberous roots. For each plant, many tuberous roots are present. These tuberous roots after proper processing and drying are used as medicine in Ayurveda, with the name of Shatavari. Ayurveda ( Devanāgarī: आयुर्वॆद the 'science of life' is a system of Traditional medicine native to India, and practiced in other Leaves of it are reduced to cladodes. Alchornea is a Plant Genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 70 Tropical species Branches contain spines on them.

In Ayurveda, it is used as anodyne, aphrodisiac and galactogogue. Ayurveda ( Devanāgarī: आयुर्वॆद the 'science of life' is a system of Traditional medicine native to India, and practiced in other An anodyne ( Greek αν loss and οδυνη pain a cause which relieves pain is a medicine that relieves or soothes pain by lessening the sensitivity of the brain or A galactogogue is a substance which is used to increase the production of Milk in humans and other animals

Shatavari is considered to be the main Ayurvedic rejuvenating femal tonic for overall health and vitality. The reputed adaptogenic effects of Shatavari may be attributed to its concentrations of saponins, known as Shatavarins. In Sanskrit, Shatavari means "she who possesses a hundred husbands. "

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Asparagus racemosus information from NPGS/GRIN. www. ars-grin. gov. Retrieved on 2008-03-07. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus

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Adaptogen

The term adaptogen is used by Herbalists to refer to a natural herb product that is proposed to increase the body's resistance to Stress, trauma

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