Chronic daily stress is detrimental to both mental and physical health, impacting sleep and exhausting the body’s stress-coping mechanisms. Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is a plant in the nightshade family that has been used traditionally in Ayurvedic medicine to improve the body’s resistance to mental and physical stress. Its main active phytochemicals are a group of steroidal alkaloids and lactones known as withanolides.
Features and benefits:
- Stress relief from natural ingredients
- Relieves nervousness and promotes calmness, as used in herbal medicine Promotes healthy sleep
- Enhances memory, as used in Ayurvedic medicine
- Helps normalize the body’s response to stress
- Contains the antioxidants quercetin and rhodiola