🙏Ashwagandha🙏
Or (Withania somnifera)
Ashwa means Horse and gandha means smell, This plant smells like a horse.
It is one of the admirable herb of Ayurveda.
It is mostly taken in the form of tonic. Leaves of this plant are green throughout the year and it is a shrub(झारियाँ).
This plant belongs to "Solanaceae" family.
🔵Chemical Composition.
The roots are main part of the
plant that are widely used as therapeutic agents [3]. The roots
are reported to contain amino acids, steroids, volatile
oil, starch, reducing sugars, glycosides.
include alkaloids (isopelletierine, anaferine, cuseohygrine, anahygrine, etc.), steroidal lactones (withanolides, withaferins) and saponins . Sitoindosides and acylsterylglucosides in Ashwagandha are anti-stress agents.
🔵Ashwagandha roots
contain crude fibre 21.0 to 25.0 %, starch 6.09 to 9.46 mg/g,
tannins 0.39 to 0.82 mg/g, minerals K, Mn, Na, Fe, Zn, Cu,
Al, Ca, Cd & Ni, total sugars 2.52 to 9.52 mg/g, reducing
sugars 0.15 to 2.10 mg/g and non-reducing sugars 2.37 to 7.62
mg/g.
🔵Ashwagandha is used:
To treat cancer
To treat diabetes
To reduce fatigue (feeling more tired or weak than usual)
To reduce joint pain
To reduce stress
To reduce anxiety (strong feelings of worry)