Ingredient Overview
Shatavari is an asparagus relative with a long history in Ayurveda. Its roots provide steroidal saponins and are the traditional raw material used for concentrated extracts.
The root connects this asparagus relative with its Ayurvedic history. Shatavarins belong to the saponin constituents associated with concentrated preparations. This underground source gives shatavari a different ingredient role from the young asparagus shoots familiar as a vegetable.