3. Reduce Stress and Anxiety
Stress occurs in our lives due to external environmental pressures placed on our mental capacity. For instance, if your daughter tells you she’s feeling sick, you may stress about how you’re going to get her to the doctor, and what diagnosis they may provide – will it be a chronic condition or a just a harmless bug?
When we stress, we cause the adrenal glands to release adrenaline-like hormones and cortisol. These hormones induce the “fight-or-flight” response, where our senses heighten, and we become ready to respond to external stimuli – such as a lion jumping out of the bush.
While the stress response was useful for our ancestors – and kept them from being food for lions on the plains of the savanna, it plays a different role in modern society. Over-stressed people are at risk of developing mental disease from the constant over stimulus, as well as triggering autoimmune diseases, such as adrenal fatigue.
Fortunately, ashwagandha has potent calming properties that soothe the mind by reducing brain waves to a relaxed state.