Pronounced: ash-wuh-GAN-duh.
Latin: Withania somnifera.
Other names:
winter cherry, Indian ginseng—though it’s not a ginseng at all.
If herbs had personalities, ashwagandha would be the friend who shows up in soft slippers, lights a candle, and says, “Let’s tidy the day away.” It’s an Old World nightshade from India and t…
