Ashwagandha : Overview, Health Benefits & Precautions

Category: Health

Ashwagandha, a division of the Solanaceae family, is an effective rejuvenator’ which means “smell of the horse” in sanskrit. It gets blessed with Adaptogens, the substances which make the body cope with stress. In our Ancient Ayurveda – “Withania somnifera” i.e Ashwagandha or popularly known as “Indian Ginseng”, “Ashwagandha”, “Varaha Karni” is a very reverend herb of the Indian Ayurvedic System of medicine as a rasayana (rejuvenator). It’s a spice popularly grown in India, Middle East & Africa. The parts of this herb, mainly root and berry, are used to formulate medicines and herbal supplements