Open AccessA REVIEW ON ASHWAGANDHA (WITHANIA SOMNIFERA): MIND AND BODY REJUVENATOR
Author(s) -
Shifali Thakur,
Hemlata Kaurav,
Gitika Chaudhary
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of research in ayurveda and pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2277-4343
pISSN - 2229-3566
DOI - 10.7897/2277-4343.120263
Subject(s) - withania somnifera , medicine , traditional medicine , nootropic , sedative , pharmacology , alternative medicine , pathology
Withania somnifera or “Ashwagandha” is generally utilized as a folk medicine to cure different diseases. According to Indian Traditional System (Ayurveda), Ashwagandha is considered as one of the most significant medicinal plant and the best adaptogenic. It is a primary source from where we get withanolides (steroidal lactones), a class of phytochemicals which are utilized as main constituent in numerous formulations endorsed for several ailments. It is referred as a sedative, diuretic, mitigating, mainly used for boosting up the energy, endurance and acts as an adaptogen that exerts a solid immune stimulatory system. It is specially used as nervine tonic. Ashwagandha is utilized for treating cold and cough, ulcers, gauntness, diabetes, conjunctivitis, epilepsy, a sleeping disorder, feeble dementia, sickness, Parkinson's illness, joint inflammation, intestinal contaminations, bronchitis, asthma, ineptitude and sexual problem in patients.