Vaidyaratnam Chyvanprasham Traditional

Vaidyaratnam Chyvanprasham Traditional

As per the chikitsasthana (treatment) section of the ancient Ayurvedic medical text called the Charaka Samhita, Chyawanprash contains 48 different ingredients, including ghee, sesame oil, sugar, and honey. The chief ingredient is Indian gooseberry or Amalaki, but the formula contains many other herbs as well including Bamboo manna, Pippali, Haritaki, Guduchi, Punarnava, Musta and Bilva.

According to the chikitsasthana section of the Charaka Samhita, Chyawanprash is stated to be a treatment for kasa (cough), svasa (dyspnea), kshaya (consumption), svarabheda (voice problems) and hrdroga (heart problems). It is also used in a special type of rasayana therapy called kutipraveshikam, employed after panch karma, whereby the patient is housed in a specially constructed hut and consumes nothing except Chyawanprash, rice, ghee for a specified period of time