• Withania somniferum – Ashwagandha

    When diving into the world of Ashwagandha, it’s fascinating to see what research has uncovered about this ancient herb. Studies on Ashwagandha root and leaf extracts have shown some impressive anti-stress and anti-anxiety effects in  trials. It’s like nature’s way of giving us a chill pill! Sleep poromotion: Ashwagandha doesn’t just stop at anxiety; it also seems to help with symptoms of depression and insomnia. Although there are fewer studies exploring these benefits. The magic behind Ashwagandha appears to lie in how it interacts with our body’s stress response systems. Specifically, the HPA axis and the sympathetic-adrenal medullary axis. Plus, it plays nice with our brain’s GABAergic and serotonergic pathways,…