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Take a look here:Hi kkrathi! I had a wonderful pain psychologist several years ago who also has me/cfs. He swore by ashwaganda and used it three times per day and suggested the same regimen for his patients.Guess it is short acting. I noticed mild decrease of the brain fog feeling when compliant but unable at that time to manage a x3/day drug. Did not use very consistently.
The other issue for me was needing to detox from lead per my naturopath. Ashwaganda supplements use both roots and leaves ( plants grown in lead contaminated soil in China and India) The roots have higher concentration of lead.
Take a look here:
https://www.consumerlab.com/news/ashwagandha_review/01_06_2015/
ETA: the review is behind a paywall but among all products tested (the names are in that page) none of them "exceeded contamination limits for lead, cadmium or arsenic".[/QUOTE
Thanks for the link. I need to go back to using consumerlab.com supplement info. I'd forgotten they existed ; 0