Dhanvantari Vatika / धन्वन्तरि वाटिका

Botanical Name :- Asparagus racemosus

Common Name :- Satavar

Family :- Liliaceae (Rason Kul)

Habit :- An armed, climbing undershrub with woody terete stems.

Properties:-

Property – Heavyness, oilyness

Taste – Sweety, bitter

Potency – Cooling

Metabolic Property – Sweet

Specific Property – Vata-Pitta-samak

*Rejuvenator *Intellect promoting *Appetiser *Ophthalmic *Anti-diarrhoeal

Part Used :- Tuberous root

Dosage :- Juice – 10-20ml.

Powder – 3-5 gms.

Uses :-

As Rasayana – Those who take ghee cooked with paste and decoction of satavari and added with sugar do not fall prey to disease.

In Intrinsic haemorrhage – Milk processed with satavari checks haemorrhage.

In Disurea – Powder of satavari should be taken with cold water.

As Galactogogue – Satavari powder taken with milk is in creases the flow of brest milk.

In Night-blindness – Tender leaves of Satavari cooked in ghee should be taken.

In Diarrhoea with blood – Paste of Satavari should be taken with milk keeping on milk diet.