Ashwagandha and it's Benefits

What's Ashwagandha?

It's a valid question, and one up until a few months ago I was also asking. It wasn't until I started researching Ayurvedic healing that I stumbled across this powerful herb and its many health and healing benefits.

So what is? Well I'll tell you... This powerful rejuvenating herb is native to the dry regions of India, Northern Africa, The Middle East and more recently is being grown in milder climates such as America. Ashwagandha is a plump shrub with yellow flowers, green oval leaves and bears red raisin sized fruit.

Ashwagandha belongs to the same family as the tomatoe and is one of the most powerful herbs in Ayurvedic healing and has been used since ancient times for a wide array of ailments, most notably for its restorative benefits. Ashwagandha in Sanskrit translates as "the smell of a horse", so named because it's believed to impart the strength and vigor of a Stallion and has long been prescribed to strengthen the Immune System after illnesses. For years, medical research studies have been conducted to better understand the healing and rejuvenating benefits of this plant and have identified numerous healing effects. While the leaves and fruit contain valuable therapeutic properties, it's the root of the plant that that's most commonly used in Western herbal remedies

This Ayurvedic herb can help alleviate a number of common symptoms including stress, fatigue, low energy levels and difficulty concentrating while also promoting an energetic and rejuvenating sense of wellbeing. Ashwagandha also has adaptogenic benefits which means that it improves your responses to stress, changing environments, anxiety, insomnia as well as external stresses such as toxins in the environment.

Benefits

• Protects the Immune system

• Reduces depression and anxiety

• Combats the effects of stress

• Lowers cholesterol

• Improves concentration, memory and reaction time

• Stabilizes blood sugar

• Anti-Inflammatory

• Sexual potency enhancer

• Contains anti-Malarial properties

Adding Ashwagandha to your diet

Ashwagandha is usually consumed in capsule for with a recommended dose of 600 - 1,000mg twice a day. It can also be bought in powder form and is often added to hot milk before bedtime by anxiety and insomnia sufferers. But as always you should consult with your GP if you have any health conditions.

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