Ashwagandha and Reduced Cortisol Levels

• Hormonal Modulation with Withania somnifera: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized-controlled Trials.

  • 2026-02-25
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 1,706
  • Planta medica 92(08)
  • • Michal Fornalik
    • Anna Malkiewicz
    • Dominika Adamczak
    • Filip Nawrocki
    • Aleksandra Zielinska
    • Samim Ali Mondal

  • PubMed: 41740946
  • DOI: 10.1055/a-2802-8363

  7 Insights on

  • Reduced Cortisol Levels

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  Ashwagandha significantly reduced cortisol (SMD =- 1.18, p < 0.04)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

• Effects of Withania somnifera on Cortisol Levels in Stressed Human Subjects: A Systematic Review.

  • 2023-12-05
  • Systematic Review
  • Nutrients 15(24)
  • • Matteo Della Porta
    • Jeanette A Maier
    • Roberta Cazzola

  • PubMed: 38140274
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu15245015

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Cortisol Levels

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  WS supplementation decreases cortisol secretion with no significant adverse effects.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  varied (30-112 days)