I swear by a brimful of Ashwa , on the 45
Oh god, that made me laugh.
To answer the question directly (don't know why I'm answering so many herbalism issues today), yes, I take it, but not in capsule form. Sorry if I'm repeating what I've said elsewhere, but capsules are pretty rubbish - unless you're getting them from Neal's Yard or something. Herbs just aren't really meant to be taken this way. We don't pour powder over our food and expect it to have the same 'benefits' of parsley, sage, rosemary or thyme, so why we'd think it would do so in our bodies is slightly beyond me.
So I guess we'd call it Withania here. I'm currently taking a tincture, prepared for me by a herbalist, who I've been seeing for about three months every few weeks. My tincture has Withania (balance / cortisol), together with Valerian (for anxiety), Asparagus (for heat, both physical and emotional) as well as Ziziphus. There's some other stuff in there. Well, I stopped waking up at 3.30am from the cortisol rushes. I'm not hot in the head or the body any more. My resting heart rate is loads lower. I also take a lot of tea, made from the roots, not in a tea bag. I like Valerian, Limeflower and Damiana.
In short, herbs aren't a magic bullet. They work with you, not suppress you. You have to sort of imagine them as part of your system, not an external influence. Same with cannabis. I don't smoke anymore because a) it's illegal, so of course I never did; and b) the THC content is too high. THC causes your heart to beat faster. I don't need that. CBD, the other element of cannabis, is the relaxer. I only want that bit, so I vape it, because it's legal, and it works.
Best
EK
