I Took Ashwagandha For 6 Months — Here’s What Happened

A detailed overview of my journey, lessons learned, results, and precautions

Gaurav Dahiya
In Fitness And In Health

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In 2013, my friend dragged me to see a Yoda-sized seasoned Ayurvedic practitioner. He spoke softly and frequently laughed at his own jokes.

I was into building madman strength in those days, so I asked him to give me something for strength. My friend interfered and said, “Vaidya ji, why don’t you give him Ashwagandha (Indian Ginseng)?

This was the first time when I heard about the Ashwagandha.

He replied, “If I give him Ashwagandha, Gaurav ji would start running after women,” and started laughing and laid down on his Khaat (A bed made of woven strings to a wooden frame.)

We figured he might know something we didn’t, and it likely had to do with this Ashwagandha thing.

But now I know what he was talking about and that he was right. Multiple studies have found that Ashwagandha increases testosterone levels. Testosterone is a hormone that regulates libido in men.

Low testosterone decreases libido and high testosterone levels increase libido (running after women in the Ayurvedic practitioner’s language).

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Gaurav Dahiya
In Fitness And In Health

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