World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

A GENERAL REVIEW OF: THE HERBS ASHWAGANDHA BY USING THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Sachindar Yadav, Ranajit Ghosh, Prabu M., *Mahalakshmi Sampagavi and Dr. Kavitha P. N.

ABSTRACT

Ashwagandha is also known as the Withania somnifera which is belong to a family of Solanaceae and the biological source is obtained by the root of Withania somnifera. Withania somnifera is an herb that is mainly found in Asia and Africa. It is mainly used in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that decreases the level of dopamine in the brain (mid-brain) it is world worldwide spread disease at present more than 10 million people suffer to the disease. Parkinson’s disease symptoms such as tremors, bradykinesia, stiffness, unstable posture this mainly happens in age of 50 years old persons. It is more in males compared to females so we use herbal drugs to treat this disease because herbal drugs have fewer symptoms and no side effects and patients can take easily. The ashwagandha, the traditional system of medical practice in India, can be traced back to 6000 BC. Ashwagandha has been used as Rasayana it is mainly used for Parkinson’s disease, such as memory loss, and induced disease.

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