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8 Best Health Benefits of Ashwagandha

The ashwagandha is an ancient medicinal herb. The ashwagandha is classified as an adaptogen, which means it can help the body to manage stress. The ashwagandha can give you a lot of health benefits for your body and brain. It can help to boost the brain function, lower the blood sugar and cortisol levels and it can help to fight against the symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Supplementing with ashwagandha can be easy and effective way for improving the quality and health of your life. Usually, ashwagandha is safe when it is taken for up to three months, but the long – term usage of ashwagandha is not known. The large dose of ashwagandha can cause vomiting, diarrhea and upset stomach. It is recommended pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers to avoid ashwagandha, because it is thought that it can cause miscarriage.

Also, ashwagandha can lower blood sugar levels and this can interfere with the medications that are used for diabetes and cause blood sugar levels to go low. Here are some health benefits of ashwagandha:

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Ashwagandha is improve brain function

There are some test – tube and animal studies in which are said that ashwagandha can mitigate memory and brain function problems, which are caused by disease or injury. Also, it has been shown that it promotes antioxidant activity, which protects nerve cells from the harmful free radicals.

Cancer

There are few promising studies in which are found that the ashwagandha may be able to stop cell growth in certain cancers. In some animal studies are said that ashwagandha can help to decrease a lung tumor. Also, there are some encouraging findings that suggest that ashwagandha has the potential to slow human cancer cells, including prostate, kidney, lung and breast cancers.

Ashwagandha treat alzheimer’s 

There are some studies in which are shown that the ashwagandha has ability to slow or prevent loss of brain function in people who have Alzheimer’s disease, as well as in people with Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease. As these diseases progress, parts of the brain and its connective paths become damaged, which leads to loss of memory and function. In some studies when the ashwagandha was given to mice and rats during the early stages of these diseases, have shown that it is able to offer protection.

Heart health

There are some studies in which are said that the ashwagandha has a variety of benefits to the heart health, such as the treatment of next conditions: heart disease, chest pain, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. In one human study was said that using ashwagandha for the heart health was helpful in improving muscle strength and endurance.

Arthritis

The ashwagandha is considered to give you a relief from the pain, because it acts on the nervous system to prevent pain signals from being sent. Also, it is thought to have some anti – inflammatory properties. This is a reason why in some studies are shown that ashwagandha can be effective in the treatment of some forms of arthritis. Also, it was shown that ashwagandha has the potential to be natural treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.

Anxiety

When the ashwagandha is compared to the drug lorazepam (this is a sedative and anxiety medication), then it is possible to have a calming effect on anxiety symptoms. In one study was said that ashwagandha has the ability to reduce anxiety levels. In fact, in two studies were found that ashwagandha can give a relief from the anxiety, so this is giving promising results.

May lower cholesterol and triglycerides

The ashwagandha has the ability to improve the heart health by reducing the cholesterol and triglyceride levels. In some animal studies are shown that ashwagandha can significantly decrease the levels of these blood fats. In one study done on rats was found that the ashwagandha has lowered the total cholesterol and triglyceride levels by 53% and nearly 45% respectively.

Increase muscle mass and strength

In some studies are said that ashwagandha can improve the body consumption in increase the strength.

Elene Jordanova
Elene Jordanova
Elena Jordanova is a medical researcher from Macedonia with specialization in Internal Medicine

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