Ashwagandha

Sleep Support

• Ashwagandha’s chemical component, the alkaloids are considered to be sedative and used as a treatment for insomnia. (Kumar & Kalonia 2007). 

• Ashwagandha root extract is a natural compound with sleep-inducing potential, well tolerated and has shown to improve sleep quality and sleep onset latency (Langade et al. 2019).

Stress

• Ashwagandha safely and effectively improves an individual's resistance towards stress and thereby improves self-assessed quality of life (Chandrasekhar et al. 2012).  

• Ashwagandha is shown to reduce the negative effects of chronic stress (Bhattacharya & Muruganandam 2003). 

• Current findings suggest that ashwagandha's stress-relieving effects may occur via its moderating effect on the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis (Lopresti et al. 2019).

Brain Health

• Ashwagandha root extract (300mg, twice daily) has been shown to improve cognitive function (Choudhary et al. 2017).

• After 8 weeks of treatment, patients taking 300mg of ashwagandha root extract, twice daily, demonstrated significant improvements in immediate and general memory, information-processing speed, executive function, and attention compared to the placebo group (Choudhary et al. 2017).

Men’s Health

• A review of four studies concluded that ashwagandha significantly increased sperm concentration, semen volume, and sperm motility in men with low sperm count (Lopresti et al. 2019).

• Ashwagandha was also associated with an 18% increase in DHEA-S levels. DHEA is important for men because it acts as a precursor to testosterone, supporting reproductive health, muscle strength, bone density, mood stability, and overall well-being (Lopresti et al. 2019).

Women’s Health

• Research has shown that ashwagandha can improve shown to improve sexual function in healthy women (Mikulska et al. 2023).

• A pilot study demonstrated improved arousal, lubrication, and orgasms in participants who took 300mg of ashwagandha root extract, twice daily, over an 8-week period (Mikulska et al. 2023).