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Spotlight on herbs: Asparagus racemosus (Shatavari, Wild asparagus)

Taken from ‘The Ayurveda Bible’ by Anne McIntyre For the first of our ‘Spotlight on Herbs’ blog posts I’ve chosen Shatavari.  This herb is an excellent nourishing tonic and the most important Sattvic rejuvenative for women – hence the name which translates as ‘she who possesses a hundred husbands‘!  It is cooling and moistening, restoring balance when […]