Wanderlust Women’s Multi +

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.

Scutelleria lateriflora

Skullcap is native to North America, but due to its widespread availability across the globe, this hardy perennial is often recognised by different names including, Blue Skullcap, Mad Dog Skullcap and Side-Flowering Skullcap.

Its botanical name is derived from the Latin word scutella, meaning “small dish, tray or platter”, referring to the shape of the flower’s calyx, and lateriflora, meaning “flowering on the side”.

Traditionally used in Western Herbal Medicine as a calmative and to:

• Relax the nervous system
• Decrease nervous unrest
• Relieve restless sleep
• Support refreshing sleep

European settlers and herbalists learned how to use skullcap medicinally from indigenous tribes of North America, specifically from the Cherokee women, where the herb’s leaves were steeped as tea.