This extract is famous for helping to improve vigour and sexual performance, but more recently, studies have also shown that it can help increase body weight, slow the development of lung cancer in laboratory animals, and encourage tumor regression. Some highly reputable studies even suggest suggest that winter cherry (Ashwangandha is the sanskrit name for winter cherry) can nourish the blood, improving hemoglobin levels in anemia.
Ashwagandha is considered one of the most important herbs in ayurvedic system of medicines. As because of its vast area of application, ayurvedic physicians have used it extensively in curing people from their ailments. Due to its properties it has gained lots of respect in the eyes of herbal healers.
Ashwagandha is biologically known as Withania somnifera. It is a shrub, normally found everywhere in India especially in northwestern part of the sub continent, but is now a days cultivated in fields because of its great commercial demand. Plant size varies from 1-5 ft. Plant part used is root. It derives its named "ashwagandha" because of two reasons. First reason is that its root smells like horse and the other reason is that it vitalizes body to provide strength just like a horse possess.
Liquid Extract - Ashwagandha is classified as an adaptogen, antioxidant, aphrodisiacs, and energizer.
