The Chhattisgarh Government Ayurveda College Hospital conducted a session of ‘Swarna Prashan’ by holding camps at Kaumarbhritya Paediatrics in the college premises. Camps were organized in three schools on 23th Friday, at Raipur.
The hospital conducts ‘Swarna Prashan’ to children 0-16 years on every ‘Pushya Nakshatra’. It is said to help in physical and mental development, increases immunity, concentration and memory power, an official communication said on Friday.
Paediatrician Dr. Lavkesh Chandravanshi said the aim is not only to treat diseases of children but also to increase the quality of their health and prevent them from getting sick.
In the session held on Friday, 1,137 children were administered the ‘Swarna Prashan’.
Swarna Prashan is a medicine given to the children on the Pushya Nakshatra date every month, he added.
Swarna bindu prashana (SBP) is a metallic medicinal preparation widely used in Ayurveda pediatrics. The main ingredients of SBP are swarna prashan (gold nanoparticle), gou ghrita (cow ghee), madhu (honey), and other medhya dravyas (drugs which enhance intellectual, memory). According to the Indian classical text, SBP has been proposed as a potent medicine for immunotherapies and vaccine development due to its indefinite size, shapes, charges, and surface functionality. In this review, we describe the plausible mechanism of SBP in dendritic cells maturation and subsequent T cell activation. But being herbo-metallic preparation, its safety and efficacy are well supported by the classical publications of Ayurveda. To conclude, SBP is an immune booster for infants against any viral disease, and it is necessary to validate its safety and efficacy through systematic methodological research.
