Research · Randomized controlled trial
A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study of Ashwagandha Root in Reducing Stress and Anxiety
What it found
Reduced stress scores and serum cortisol (~28%) vs placebo.
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial
- Year
- 2012
- Sample size
- 64
- Population
- stressed adults
- Intervention
- ashwagandha (KSM-66) 300 mg twice daily
- Outcome
- stress, cortisol
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.