This was one of the first more medicinal plants I grew. I'm currently exploring fermenting with it. My attempt at an ashwagandharishtha-style preparation [1] [2]. It's a really pleasant way to take the medicine, if you don't mind the interesting flavour. I brew up the Ashwagandha root, boiled with water, with a yeast, sugar/honey and some diammonium phosphate if needed. "Emerging evidence suggests the ability of fermentation to enhance the bioactivity and therapeutic potential of traditional medicines. Indeed, the fermentation was shown to increase the availability of the active molecules and to eliminate the undesired compounds." I find about 3g bd is a decent therapeutic dose for more severe complaints. Withania somnifera can bring significant changes in neurological baseline functions, with the "postulation that it can be applied clinically in prevention, and possibly repair, of central nervous system disorders" [3]. It is proposed to be beneficial in stress - it "effectively improves an individual's resistance towards stress and thereby improves self-assessed quality of life." [4] anxiety and depression [5] , OCD [6], bipolar [7] and schizophrenia [8]. The potential of W. somnifera for neural regeneration has been explored. The fermented brew:
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