Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
665.75.08
665.75.08 Withania somnifera
Indian: Ashwagandha (= to impart the strength of the horse), Indian Ginseng.
Content: alkaloids, steroidal saponins, steroidal lactones, withanolides, withaferins, iron.
Mind
Anxiety, nervousness, depression, forgetful, drug abuse.
General
Sleep: sleepless.
Physical: <<< stress, unexpected electric shocks.
Body
General: antioxidant, ageing fast, old age; inflammations; cancer.
Energy: fatigue.
Infection: bacteria, viruses, fungi, amoebe.
Vertigo: < standing, < walking.
Nose: coryza.
Lungs: asthma.
Heart: anaemia; infarct; hyperlipaemia.
Abdomen: diabetes mellitus.
Urinary: urine scanty.
Male: impotency, infertility; hormonal disturbances.
Limbs: arthritis, rheumatoid; muscle atrophy, multiple sclerosis.