Ashwagandha Root a.k.a Winter Cherry

Summary:

Ashwagandha has been known in Ayurvedic medicine for its powerful healing properties and has been used for healing ailments since ancient times. Native to India and western Asia, ashwagandha, also known as poison gooseberry, Indian ginseng, and winter cherry, is a member of the nightshade family. Its name, translated from Sanskrit, means “horse smell” because of the potent smell of the plant’s roots.

Ashwagandha is a perennial shrub with oval-shaped pale green leaves; its yellow flowers bear bright red fruit about a grape’s size. It is a plant that mainly grows in dry areas of Southern Asia. Officially, ashwagandha is classified as a nightshade plant, which means it’s related to potatoes and tomatoes.

The ashwagandha plant is a short shrub with green flowers and a tiny red fruit in the center. Due to the fruit’s red color, people sometimes refer to ashwagandha as the “winter cherry.” The Latin name for ashwagandha is Withania somnifera, which translates to “sleep-inducing.” This Latin name highlights ashwagandha’s ability to help with sleeping disorders.(Noom)

 

Botanical name:

Withania somniferum

Origin:

India

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Amino acids, calcium, choline and flavonoids.

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