Description:
Ashwagandha is very popularly known as “Indian ginseng.” Ashwagandha is a Sanskrit name of Withania somnifera, which is a small tree or a shrub having pale yellow-green flowers and is cultivated in Indian sub continent and North America.
Ashwagandha or Withania somnifera is thought to foster and clear the mind, cools and fortify the nervous system, encourages sound sleep, and revitalize tissues of the body. Like ginseng, Ashwagandha has the powers act like a rasayana, there by promoting all-round health and balance of the body. Ashwagandha or Withania somnifera is said to strengthen all the systems of the body, especially the nervous system.
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