Aside from stress management, ashwagandha can also help with anxiety, insomnia, chronic fatigue, mild obsessive compulsive disorder, fibromyalgia, and restless leg syndrome. All of these can get at one of the herb’s major possible benefits. In Western world, the scientists abstract the herb’s active ingredient, synthesize this in the laboratory, and use this in drug with specific action, usually shutting off something inside the body. However, once the whole herb is used, this can be used for the treatment of numerous conditions instead of only targeting one in the same way that drugs do.
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