Wanderlust Libido Enhance

Asparagus racemosus

Shatavari is native throughout Sri Lanka and India and now naturalised in other parts of the world.

With leaves like pine needles and small white flowers, this woody climber is a member of the common asparagus family Asparagaceae.

Its name Shatavari is derived from Sanskrit, shat means ‘100’ and vari meaning ‘root’ or ‘husband’, translating to “she who possesses a hundred husbands”. Implying its traditional use in Ayurvedic Medicine as an aphrodisiac.

Traditionally used in Ayurvedic Medicine as an adaptogen, a female tonic and to:

• Support healthy stress response in the body
• Increase virility (Vrishya)
• Promote healthy libido

Long used in Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India, it is often considered an aphrodisiac and a female tonic.

Zingiber officinale

Believed to have originated in southeast Asia, Ginger is a tropical loving plant which its root is grown worldwide for culinary and medicinal purposes.

The botanical name Zingiber originates from the Greek word zingiberis, which was derived from the Sanskrit word shringavera, meaning ‘shaped like a deer’s antler’, an acknowledgment to the shape of the root. Officinale is traditionally used to refer to a plant with health and medicinal properties that was sold in the apothecary.

Traditionally used in Western Herbal Medicine to:

• Relieve symptoms of indigestion
• Relieve digestive discomfort and abdominal bloating
• Reduce abdominal and digestive spasms

Obtained by the Greeks and Romans from Arab traders, it was one of the first oriental spices to arrive in Europe.