Withania Somnifera

Introduction
Once could say that Ashagwanda is one of India’s greatest contributions to the staying well arsenal. The plant has been used in children failing to thrive, in patients unable to mount a recovery, and in the elderly whose vitality is escaping them. A member of the night shade ashagwanda looks more like an eggplant than anything else, but, like the potato, the part used is the root. Because the plant is readily grown, it is one of the more affordable health stimulating tonics on the market and fairly easy to come by. For the student of staying well medicines, this plant is one that should be studied

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