Well, hello there and welcome back to the root cause medicine podcast.

I'm your host for today, Dr. Kate Kreske, and we're reviewing Ashwaganda, one of the most widely used adaptogens in integrative medicine and trusted for its ability to modulate stress, support hormones, and calm inflammation.

But in the last few years, something unexpected has emerged.

Multiple case reports across Japan, Iceland, and in the U.S. have linked

Ashwaganda to drug-induced liver injury, even in products confirmed to be pure and

uncontaminated. In this episode, I'm joined once again by Dr. Eric Villegas, who's in charge of

the quality program at FullScript to unpack what clinicians need to know. We'll explore

how compounds like with anon may trigger hepatotoxicity in the right conditions,

why certain extraction types could pose higher risk, and how to assess patient vulnerability.

It's a grounded, mechanistic, and clinically relevant guide, as well as a quick guide to navigating

the uncertainty around Ashwaganda that's emerged within the last few months

without abandoning one of our most powerful herbs. Before we get started, though, I've got a

special question for the practitioners in the audience. Practitioners, what if your supplement

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reported saving up to three hours per week using FullScript to create their treatment plans.

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