Shatavri

Shatavari is the root of Asparagus racemosus, a climbing asparagus relative found across India. The name is usually rendered as "she who has a hundred husbands", which tells you what it has traditionally been used for.

It is the principal women's herb in Ayurveda, used across the reproductive years and particularly associated with lactation. Modern evidence is thin, and much of what exists concerns that specific use.

What it is doing in these products

It is the backbone of the women's formulations. In pregnancy this is the ingredient to ask about rather than the sea buckthorn — shatavari is a herb with its own traditional indications and cautions, and it is worth a word with your doctor before rather than after.