Ashwagandha (Withania Somnifera Dunal) is the most popular Indian botanical plant and has been in use in Ayurveda, the 5,000 year old Indian system of medicine, as a rejuvenative and a daily tonic for many centuries. It is only now that Ashwagandha is experiencing major growth worldwide because of a burst of recent studies in pharmacology. Ashwagandha embodies the very essence of the preventative and curative approach to health in Ayurveda. Ashwagandha operates at the level of the overall body system by helping maintain balance in the substances and processes running in the human body.