This episode highlights Ashwagandha, a medicinal herb that originates from the Indian Ayurvedic tradition. I’m spending time with this nourishing plant today with an herbal monograph episode. An herbal monograph is also called materia medica. It is a collection of knowledge about one plant that helps to describe the plant as a material of medicine. In the last episode of an herbal diary, I spoke about a general category of plants called adaptogens.  If you’ve listened to that last episode, you will remember we talked about how there are only a few herbs that through research can be clearly defined as adaptogens. Ashwagandha is one of these herbs. 

Ashwagandha’s botanical name: Withania Somnifera

Plant Family: Solanaceae

Link to Adaptogen Episode

I’m excited to tell you about a new Herbal Diary spinoff. It’s a virtual baking club. We will highlight at least one herb each time we meet, you can bake along with me or just watch. I will send recipes ahead of time. More details to come very soon! If you have ideas or want to join, please email me dina@theherbalbakeshoppe.com 

Sending you warm autumn thoughts and thank you for joining me!

---Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com. 

Original music by Dylan Rice

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ABOUT DINA

Dina Ranade is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist. She is also a mom of three humans - two daughters and one son all now living their young adult lives - and one sweet Pomeranian named Maci.