Ashwagandha Extract 60 caps.

• Standardized extract from the root of ashwagandha
• Scientifically confirmed adaptogen properties
• Restores natural balance of the organism
• Maintains emotional stability
• Regulation of blood pressure
• Decrease of the calcium loss in bones
• Help in detoxification of the organism
• Optimization of energy level
• Improvement of memory and concentration
• Increased immunity to stress
• Antioxidant properties
• Reduction of the feeling of fatigue
• Growth of immunity of the organism
• Positive influence on mood
• Improvement of blood parameters
• Anti-inflammatory effect
• Relaxation
• Increase of vital powers

Seeking Health Ashwagandha Extract is a natural dietary supplement, containing the extract from Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha), standardized for the content of 5% withanolides. One vegetarian capsule contains ca. 420 mg of the extract. Ashwagandha is an adaptogenic herb with positive influence on the organism, confirmed by the scientific studies.

Adaptogenic herbs are plants known and used for thousands of years. Due to its properties, they have been considered exceptional, saint plants. Adaptogens have been enjoying popularity especially in traditional Chinese and Indian medicine. Currently, they have been precisely tested and scientific results have confirmed incredible properties of these plants.

The work adaptare means adaptation. Adaptogens have influence on cellular level, increasing the resistance of the organism to stress, caused both by external factors (environmental conditions, free radicals, noise) and internal factors (psychological stress). Moreover, adaptogens are rich in antioxidants, protecting the organism from oxidative stress and premature aging. They positively influence energy level, regeneration of the organism, well-being and emotional stability. Most probably, this exceptional effect of adaptogens results from the stimulation of unspecific responses of the organism through the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA axis).

In order to classify a given plant to the group of adaptogens, it needs to fulfill certain conditions, formulated by the pioneer of research on adaptogens, Mikolaj Lazarew:

• lack of undesirable effects,
• general normalizing influence on the organism,
• unspecific immunization of the organism to stress factors.

All these postulates are fulfilled by Ashwagandha (W. somnifera).

Ashwagandha also called “Indian ginseng”, is a plant from the family of Solanaceae. Its therapeutic material are the fruit and root. In the roots of ashwagandha there are alkaloids, phytosterols (beta-sitosterol), coumarin, phenolic acids, sitoindosides and withanolides A-Y.

Withanolides are key active substances present in the root of ashwagandha, to which the plant owes its adaptogen properties. The effect of withanolides is based on increasing sensitivity of serotonin-binding receptors (5-TH), primarily receptors 5-HT1 and 5-HT2. It causes the growth of efficiency and strength of binding serotonin, i.e. the so-called happiness hormone with specific receptors and consequently the intensification of its effects.

This mechanism is responsible for the ability of Ashwagandha to improve cognitive processes, memorization and learning. Visible improvement of well-being is also observed as well as the increase of self-confidence, anti-depressant and anti-anxiety effects. Ashwagandha extract stimulates the activity of thyroid (may constitute helpful complementation of diet in the therapy of thyroid hypothyroidism), stimulates the activity of lymphocytes Tc, when applied regularly, it may improve blood parameters (decrease the level of cholesterol, triglycerides and LDL) and strengthens bone calcification.

Ashwagandha increases the level of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) enzyme, carrying out the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) from arginine. NO is the compounds\ with high activity. It is an endothelial relaxing factor (EDRF), which regulates blood pressure, inhibits platelet aggregation, influence the immune system and also works like a neuromodulator in the central nervous system, positively influencing the process of memorization.

To sum up, Seeking Health Ashwagandha Extract is a high-quality dietary supplement, especially recommended to people who live in stress, perform mental work, are overworked, deal with mood fluctuations and also for physically active people in order to increase efficiency and endurance of the organism. Due to the presence of the standardized extract, we may be sure about the quality of the preparation and the content of pharmacologically active withanolides.