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Ashwagandha, Winter Cherry, Indian Ginseng
(Withania Somnifera)
Description An erect branching under shrub reaching about 150cm in height usually clothed with minutely stellate tomentum; leaves ovate upto 10cm; flowers greenish or lurid yellow in axillary facicles, fruits globose berries which ae orange coloured when mature enclosed in a persistent calyx. The fleshy roots when dry are cylindrical, gradually taperin down with a brownish white surface and pure white inside when broken. Chemical Constituents Roots contain several pyrazole alkaloids. Withasomnine and steroldal lactones, withaferin A and withanolides. They also contain starch, reducing sugars, hentriacontane, glycosides, dulcitol, withaniol, an acid and a neutral compound. Withaferin is a bacteriostatic and antitumerous agent.Cosmetic Uses Cosmetic use: nourishing, toning, moderately stimulating. Uses The tuberous roots are astringent, bitter, acrid, somniferous, thermogenic, stimulant, aphrodisiac, diuretic and tonic. They are useful in vitiated conditions of vata, leucoderma, constipation, insomnia, tissue-building and nervous breakdown. The leaves are bitter and are recommended in fever, painful swellings and ophthalmitis. A paste of the roots and bruised leaves are applied to carbuncles, ulcers and painful swellings.