{"id":347,"date":"2012-10-22T03:40:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T03:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=347"},"modified":"2013-02-13T04:26:49","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T04:26:49","slug":"ashwaganda-withania-somnifera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=347","title":{"rendered":"Ashwaganda ~ Withania somnifera"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Withania-somnifera.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1431\" title=\"Withania somnifera\" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Withania-somnifera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Withania-somnifera.jpg 330w, http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Withania-somnifera-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a>Ashwaganda<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Withania somnifera<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Solanaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: root<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native to Australia, E. Asia, Africa<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: steroidal lactones (withanolides), alkaloids, fatty acids, beta-sitesterol, polyphenols and phytosterols<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: bitter, earthy<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: sedative, hypotensive, anti-inflammatory<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: adaptogenic, immunomodulating<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: nervous exhaustion, stress-induced conditions, anemia, impotence,<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: cognitive decline or deficits, chronic inflammation<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: decoction: 1 Tbsp\/cup water; 1:1 tincture: 10-60 gtt tid-qid; powder: 2-25 grams (Khalsa)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: pregnancy<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; www.herbmed.org\/Herbs\/Herb136.htm; florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/localweb\/199200148.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashwaganda Latin name: Withania somnifera Family: Solanaceae Part used: root Habitat: native to Australia, E. Asia, Africa Main constituents: steroidal lactones (withanolides), alkaloids, fatty acids, beta-sitesterol, polyphenols and phytosterols Energetics: bitter, earthy Main herbal actions: sedative, hypotensive, anti-inflammatory Minor herbal actions: adaptogenic, immunomodulating Main medicinal uses: nervous exhaustion, stress-induced conditions, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,4,39,73,36,75,1,32,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-inflammatory","category-aryuvedic-herbs","category-bitter","category-earthy","category-energetics-taste","category-hypotensive","category-module1","category-properties","category-sedative-properties","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}