(Withania somnifera)
✨ Also known as ‘Indian ginseng’, ‘Winter cherry’ and the ‘Queen of Ayurveda’.
✨Ashwaganda is highly valued in Ayurvedic medicine as an adaptogen, that aids memory and cognition, and acts as a remedy against stress, nervous exhaustion, insomnia, aging and neurodegenerative conditions.
✨ The name Ashwagandha, originates from the smell of the roots which resembles a sweaty horse.
Ashwaganda has been shown to:
✨increase stamina
✨reduce adrenal exhaustion
✨enhance memory
✨reverse the neuronal effects of Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease
✨protect against environmental neurotoxins.