Aswagandha: One of the best nutritive herb

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)

Use;

The drug is used for stoutening and for yieldig energy