Ashwagandha: traditional Ayurvedic plant

Botanic: Withania somnifera
Sanskrit: Ashwagandha
English: Indian Ginseng, winter cherry

Due to its versatility and its excellent tolerability, ashwagandha belongs to the most frequently used remedies in the Ayurvedic medicine. Its significance for the Ayurvedic medicine can be compared to the significance of ginseng for the Chinese medicine.
In historical Indian scripts, ashwagandha was described as a magical remedy. The plant is known in the European area since the 16th century. Its natural home extends from the Middle East via Africa to China. Experts assume that it appeared initially in the North African area and slowly spread further from there.

Important ingredients of ashwagandha

The roots of ashwagandha contain various alkaloids such as anaferin, anahygrin, cuscohygrin, nicotine, tropin and withasomnin. Furthermore, they contain withanolides such as sominferanoloid, somniwithanoloide, withaferin A and withasominferanolide.

Ashwagandha is a popular natural product for persons who work too much, sleep too little or feel weakened.

• vegetarian and vegan
• without magnesium salts of fatty acids (magnesium stearate) and silicon dioxide
• standardised to 5% withanolides (50mg per recommended daily intake)