Ashwagandha is a woody shrub that originated from the Middle East around 3,000 years ago. People today use it as a medicine to help relax the brain and reduce swelling. It’s believed to help the body reduce physical and mental stress.
Despite this, ashwagandha also comes with its fair share of side effects. This includes nausea, headaches, stomach irritation, et cetera. This medicine has gotten popular on social media lately, but for the wrong reasons.
People, especially on TikTok, refer to this herb as a drug, and boast about their use of it. Promoting this herb as a drug can be very confusing and even come across to people that actually do struggle with addiction.
Addiction is an extremely serious topic and no one should take it lightly. Social media tends to talk about problems like these a lot, therefore, almost all becoming desensitized to it.
Ashwagandha is not necessarily seen as addictive, but large doses can cause problems and this is typically where the side effects occur. Taking this shrub for more than three months is not advised.
This medicine is not recommended to use as a long term aide. It’s not yet known how the person’s body will react from taking this remedy long-term.
Being informed on topics such as these can be very helpful, no matter how big or small. Even a topic that seems quite unserious, like ashwagandha, still reflects a huge part on our community.
This misconception of ashwagandha being a drug, and something teens get to show off, is just ill-starred. No drug whatsoever should be labeled as “cool” or “a flex.”
This information should be available to demonstrate that ashwagandha is just a medicine and nothing more. Information about the herb should also be more easily accessible to people before usage.
Studies show that people who take this medicine do have positive results. According to 2021 studies, participants who struggled with depression, anxiety, and insomnia, claimed that they received positive results from taking the medicine.
This medicine is scientifically proven to help many struggling people, but it won’t be able to do so if most people believe it’s a drug because of some very incorrect content they saw on Tiktok.
Many are extremely against drug use, and would never think about taking this medicine because of the misconceptions, and would never even think about letting their kids who need it use it. With drug abuse getting worse and worse, and costing the U.S. more and more, it’s understandably causing parents to be more cautious.
Ashwagandha isn’t a drug at all and receives great results. Sadly, some people just don’t know that. With this information getting out, children, adults, and the elderly can have another option to be of help for them.
This herb can help in various ways. Being educated on what it is can increase the amount of relief for various people who choose to use it.