Aswagandha: One of the best nutritive herb

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Common Name:

Winter cherry (Eng.)

 

Sanskrit Name:

Ashwagandha- Means 'the smell of a horse' as its fresh root smells like a

horse's urine, and

also perhaps because it is renowned for imparting the sexual stamina of a horse.

Varahakarni

 

Lt. Name:

Withania somnifera (somnifera means " sleep-bearing " in Latin, indicating it was

considered a

sedative, but it has been also used for sexual vitality and as an adaptogen)-

Solanaceae

 

Bio energetics:

Rasa (Taste)- Tikta (Bitter); Katu (Pungent); Madhura (Sweet)

Guna (Characteristics)- Laghu (Light); Snigdha (Unctuous)

Veerya (Potency)- Ushna (Warm)

Vipaka (Post digestion effect)- Madhura (Sweet)

 

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