Ashwagandha" - An Ayurvedic Indian Herbal for Health

Ashwandha is a shrub and biologically known as Withania somnifera. It is found everywhere in India especially in northwestern part of the sub continent. In India it is also known as winter cherry. Aswagandha has very high value in ayurveda as it is used in various applications of ayurvedic medicines.

Aswagandha derives its name because of two reasons. One reason is that its root smells like horse and the second reason is that it vitalizes the body to provide strength just like a horse process. Aswagandha has gained lots of respect in the eyes of herbal experts due to its properties. Aswagandha contains superior properties it is ushan virya in potency, has laghu (light) and tickt (penetrating) properties. Contains tickt, katu and madhur rasa. Ashwagandha acts in numerous diseases with great results with these great properties. As it is ushan virya in potency, it acts as vata suppressant. There fore relieves from all the illness caused by vata dominance. Also because of its hot potency, it opposes the rise of kapha therefore it also acts in suppressing increased and unbalanced kapha dosha. Root is found to contain biochemical like cuseohygrine, anahygrine, tropine, and anaferine etc. it also contains glycosides, withenolide with starches and amino acid. Ashwagandha is an herb with many uses that is why it contains a very high and important value in herbal world. The uses and benefits of Aswagandha: Aswagandha has great and effective healing property so it is very useful in healing wounds and injuries. Due to its ushan virya potency, it is very helpful in suppressing pains of any sort. Vata that is the reason of initiation of pain in body aswagandha helps in eradicating. Aswagandha is regarded as most important adaptogens in ayurvedic system of medicine. In some diseases like Amavata (rheumatoid arthritis), sandhi gata vata (Osteoarthritis), vatarakt (gout), gridhasi (sciatica) and other vata dominant diseases aswagandha shows best results. Aswagandha works as anti-inflammatory substance that is why it helps in reducing swellings and restoring blood supply. Due to presence of vata suppressant properties, which helps in nurturing nervous system, aswagandha relieves stress. Aswagandha works as a rasayan substance, which is very helpful in preventing early aging and provides youth by rejuvenates whole body. Aswagandha is a very powerful immune booster, which helps in fighting any kind of virus infections in the body. Aswagangha helps in increasing sperm count and also the quality of sperms also. It helps in proving strength to heart muscles and keeps heart working normal. Aswagandha is regarded as one of the most commonly used herb in relieving hypertension showing excellent results. It provides nourishment to the brain for its better function and best ability to work. Aswadandha is a wonderful remedy in increasing physical endurance and it is used widely in physically weak people or people who are recovering from long illness as in case tuberculosis or surgeries. It improves mental ability and helps in gaining retaining power and improves mental concentration very easily. In short it is used almost in every common to hard problems of the body like: relieving from stress, mental ailments, convulsions, seizures, panic attacks, mood fluctuations, lowered memory power, mental retard ness, depression, phobias, schizophrenia, psychosis, epilepsy, insomnia, anxiety and alcoholic paranoia.