Withania

Ashwagandha - Withania somnifera - or Indian Ginseng, is a medicinal plant in the Solanaceae family. The Withania genus comprises 23 species distributed around the Mediterranean basin, Africa and Southwest Asia. This medicinal species, like Tulsi - or Holy Basil - has been a fundamental part of Traditional Ayurvedic Medicine for thousands of years. It is a powerful natural pharmacopoeia with a wide spectrum of medicinal properties: adaptogenic, aphrodisiac, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti-stress, anti-cancer, anti-oxidant, immune-modulating, hematopoietic, regenerative, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory.anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, antipyretic, diuretic, cardioprotective, neuroprotective, anxiolytic, astringent, febrifuge, anti-arthritic, etc.