The ashwagandha has a long history of medicinal use in folklore. 1709 Japan Beihara Ikken's "Yamato Materia Medica" recorded ashwagandha; 1834 Japan's Hiran Honzaka's "Spectrum of Mushrooms" recorded the medicinal value of ashwagandha "taste sweet, flat, non-toxic, can cure hemorrhoids." China's traditional Chinese medicine that ashwagandha has a "supportive of the root" of the efficacy. Since the eighties, mainly in Japan, many countries on the ashwagandha carried out a large number of systematic research, has published more than 200 papers. Comprehensive research on the pharmacological effects of ashwagandha in Japan, Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom and other countries in recent years has shown that: ashwagandha has anticancer and immune-enhancing effects, and has anti-hypertension, lowering blood glucose and lipids, and anti-hepatitis viruses of various types of effects.

After summarizing, ashwagandha has the following health care functions:

1, due to the rich content of iron, copper and vitamin C, it can prevent anemia, scurvy, vitiligo, arteriosclerosis and cerebral thrombosis;

2, it has high content of selenium and chromium, it has to protect the liver, pancreas, prevention of cirrhosis of the liver and diabetes mellitus; selenium high content also has the role of preventing and controlling the disease. Crohn's disease, osteoarthritis and some heart disease function;

3, it contains both calcium and vitamin D, the two with, can effectively prevent and control rickets;

4, higher zinc content is favorable to the brain development, to maintain visual acuity, and to promote wound healing;

5, high levels of vitamin E and selenium with, so that it can be anti-aging, enhance memory and sensitivity. At the same time it is excellent immunomodulator.

6, as a traditional Chinese medicine, ashwagandha and poria are equivalent to cure urinary incontinence, edema, foot odor, cirrhosis of the liver ascites and diabetes, etc. It is a very valuable medicinal fungus.

7, it also has the effect of inhibiting hypertension and obesity.

8, ashwagandha higher selenium content has the role of anti-cancer.