ASHWAGANDHA POWDER
ASHWAGANDHA POWDER IS A DIETARY SUPPLEMENT MADE FROM THE ROOT OF THE ASHWAGANDHA PLANT, ALSO KNOWN AS “INDIAN GINSENG.” IT IS COMMONLY USED IN AYURVEDIC MEDICINE TO REDUCE STRESS AND ANXIETY, IMPROVE BRAIN FUNCTION, AND INCREASE ENDURANCE AND STRENGTH. IT IS ALSO SAID TO HAVE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTI-TUMOR PROPERTIES AND MAY BE BENEFICIAL FOR PEOPLE WITH THYROID AND ADRENAL IMBALANCES. THE POWDER CAN BE MIXED WITH WATER OR ADDED TO SMOOTHIES AND OTHER FOODS FOR CONSUMPTION. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ASHWAGANDHA POWDER SHOULD BE TAKEN UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL.

ASHWAGANDHA/ ASVAGANDHA/ ASGANDHA (BOTANICAL NAME: WITHANIA SOMNIFERA) IS REFERRED AS INDIAN GINSENG, HELPS TO PROVIDE NATURAL SOURCE OF ENERGY AND PROMOTE MUSCLE STRENGTH. ASHWAGANDHA HAS BEEN USED BY AYURVEDA FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AS RASĀYANA (REJUVENATION) AND HELPS AS A NATURAL ADAPTIVE AGENT. ASHWAGANDHA SUPPORTS AS A PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL NATURAL STRESS-RELIEF AGENT. IN SANSKRIT, IT IS KNOWN BY THE NAME ASHWAGANDHA, WHICH MEANS THE ODOR OF A HORSE. IT IS NAMED SO BECAUSE OF THE ODOR OF HORSE SWEAT THAT THE ROOTS SEEM TO EMANATE, AS WELL AS THE VIRILITY OF A HORSE, AN INFERENCE TO THE TRADITIONAL USE OF ASHWAGANDHA TO SUPPORT A HEALTHY MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM.
ASHWAGANDHA, AS PER AYURVEDA, HAS VAT AND KAPHA CALMING PROPERTY & BEEN WIDELY BELIEVED TO HAVE APHRODISIAC PROPERTIES. ASHWAGANDHA PROMOTES THE PROPER FUNCTION OF ADRENALS, HELPS TO MAINTAIN A HIGH STRENGTH & PERFORMANCE; PEOPLE USED IT AS AYURVEDIC MEDICINE REGULARLY AS A SOLUTION TO INCREASE VITALITY AND ENERGY.
ASHWAGANDHA POWDER OVERALL HELPS AS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ANTI-OXIDANT, AND ANTI-STRESS PROPERTIES, SUPPORTS BONE, HEART, AND BLOOD VESSELS HEALTH. A STUDY ON ASHWAGANDHA EFFECTS ON THE THYROID GLAND REVEALED THAT THE ROOT EXTRACT IF GIVEN ON A DAILY BASIS, WOULD HELP TO INCREASE THE SECRETION OF THYROID HORMONES. TRADITIONALLY, ASHWAGANDHA, WHEN ADMINISTERED AS A MORNING DAILY HERB, HELPS TO INDUCE A SOOTHING AND CALMING EFFECT IN A PERSON WITH REDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESS & RESTFUL SLEEP. ASHWAGANDHA CONTAINS THE ALKALOID, WITHANOLIDES, WHICH SERVE AS IMPORTANT HORMONE PRECURSORS THAT CAN CONVERT INTO HUMAN PHYSIOLOGIC HORMONES AS NEEDED, THUS ASHWAGANDHA PROMOTES NATURAL STRESS RELIEF & GENERAL WELL-BEING. ASHWAGANDHA ALSO HELPS TO PROMOTE THE PROPER FUNCTION OF THE ADRENALS, BOOST NATURAL STEROLS AND PROMOTE MUSCLE & BONE STRENGTH.

ASHWAGANDHA POWDER USES
ASHWAGANDHA POWDER IS DERIVED FROM THE ROOT OF THE ASHWAGANDHA PLANT AND IS USED IN AYURVEDIC MEDICINE FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES, INCLUDING HELPING REDUCE STRESS AND ANXIETY, IMPROVE BRAIN FUNCTION, AND BOOST THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. IT MAY ALSO BE USED TO HELP LOWER CHOLESTEROL AND BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS, AS WELL AS TO REDUCE INFLAMMATION IN THE BODY. SOME PEOPLE ALSO USE ASHWAGANDHA POWDER TO HELP WITH SLEEP AND AS A GENERAL TONIC TO PROMOTE OVERALL WELL-BEING. IT IS COMMONLY CONSUMED BY ADDING THE POWDER TO A GLASS OF MILK OR WATER AND DRINKING IT. IT IS ALSO USED AS INGREDIENT IN MANY HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS.