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Ashwagandha Reference
Educational, not medical advice reference for Ashwagandha: Nootropic, Longevity; regulatory status, evidence posture, source review, and schedule notes. Also…
Reference summary
Indian and Western clinical literature in stress / cortisol / sleep / muscle-mass. Effect sizes are modest but reproducible across multiple trials.
- Categories
- Nootropic, Longevity
- Aliases
- Withania somnifera, Indian ginseng, KSM-66, Sensoril
- Evidence posture
- human — Sold as a dietary supplement, not as an FDA-approved drug. Effects on stress / cortisol / muscle-mass are reported across multiple small trials; reproducibility is better than many adaptogens. Not a treatment.
- Regulatory status
- No FDA-approved ashwagandha drug label. Sold as a dietary supplement; common standardizations are KSM-66 and Sensoril.
- Content review status
- research reference