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All the above said benefits are indicating the enhancement of all favorable factors required for proper growth and development of a child, which is considered to be rapid during Shaishavavastha (infancy).

All the above said benefits are indicating the enhancement of all favorable factors required for proper growth and development of a child, which is considered to be rapid during Shaishavavastha (infancy).

=== Results of the studies, evidence based ===

=== Effect of Suvarnaprashana seen in clinical research studies ===

(Ref: Bhinde, Sagar & murthy, A & Dave, Hasmukh & Kiradi, Pallavi. (2013). A SURVEY STUDY ON ‘SUVARNA PRASHANA’- AN AYURVEDIC IMMUNIZATION. Journal of Vishwa Ayurveda Parisad. 10. 3-8. )

Multiple studies have been conducted on Suvarnaprashana done using suvarna bhasma. Most of the studies have assessed the effects of Suvarnaprashana on growth, development, disease characteristics, intelligence quotient, quality of life, hematological, biochemical or immunological parameters in children upto 12 to 15 years of age.<ref name=":1">Antony C. et.al. : A Scoping Review on the Health outcomes of Suvarnaprashana in apparently healthy children. Annals of Ayurvedic Medicine Vol-10 Issue-1 Jan.-Mar., 2021</ref> Newborns including preterm infants have also been included in some studies.  

A survey study of Suvarna Prashana in healthy children has been conducted under the department of Kaumarbhritya, G J Patel Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research & S G Patel Ayurveda Hospital and Maternity Home, New V. V. Nagar, Anand. In this survey study, age specific dose has been given on every Pushya constellation for 12 months, to assess the effectiveness of the same. After providing the written proforma to the parents, we got the feedback and we made the analysis of the same to found that Suvarna Prashana is beneficial to maintain and even improve the weight, concentration, appetite, activity (Chapalata), mental stability, immunity, and memory power. No significant side effects were observed

 

# A comparative pharmaco-clinical study on Suvarnaprashana medicine and just ghee-honey combination in full term newborns given once daily 4 weeks, showed that, Weight, MUAC, head circumference had significant increase in SP group than control group. Episodes of recurrent Upper respiratory tract infections, diarrhoeal episodes were absent or infrequent in SP group than control group. Significan t increase in WBC and lymphocyte count, IgG levels also showed significant rise. [Gaikwad AS et al. 2011]

Weight: 114 (87%) parents were satisfied with weight gain of their child,

# A randomised controlled clinical trial on Suvarna prashana to assess its immunomodulatory activity in neonates where dose was given once daily 6 weeks showed that, significant increase in weight of the children treated with SP is observed as compared to control group. Moreover infrequent or absence of other illnesses during follow up episodes was also observed in SP treated group  [Singh P et al 2016]

# A comparative pilot study conducted to assess efficacy of Suvarnaprashana in Preterm born infants upto 3 years age, suggested that, SP leads to healthy weight gain in children significantly  moreover these children are less likely to fall sick due to frequent illnesses during the course. Here the dose was given once every Pushya constellation for 6 months [Rathi R et al 2017]

# One comparative clinical study was conducted to assess role of suvarnaprashana on recurrent illness in children from 3 to 10 years age showed that SP treatment lead to significant improvement in appetite in children. Moreover these children did not show recurrent cold, cough, loose stools, vomitting etc as compared to the children in the other group. Significan timprovement in Total WBC count and Hb % was observed in children treated with SP compared to the other group. Here the dose was given once daily for 30 days [Joshi K et 2019]

# One study was conducted to evaluate role of Suvarnaprashana on growth and development in Indian toddlers. Suvarnaprashana was given once every pushya nakshatra for 9 months. The reports showed that, along with the positive improvement in physical parameters like height, weight etc, the developmental quotient for mental age of SP treated group was highly significant  than the non-treated group.  [Kannan S et al 2018]

# The effect of Suvarnaprashana (SP) on physical growth parameters like weight and height in children upto 12 years age was evaluated in one study by giving doses of SP every Pushya nakshatra for 1 year. It showed that the effect on weight is significant but not statistically significant effect on height in SP treated group is observed.  [Ramteke RD et al 2014]

# Effects of Suvarnaprashana on multiple parameters in children were assessed in one more study. SP was orally administered for 6 months once every pushya or 27th day. The study reports showed that not just the height and weight but also improvement in IQ scores of SP treated group is significant. Moreover, increase in mean levels of immunoglobins like IgG, IgM, IgA were observed among SP treated children group after 6 months of SP.  [Patil A et al 2017]

# Effect of Suvarnprashana on physical growth as well as its immunomodulatory activity was assessed in children upto 14 years age in a study. SP was given once every 27th day for 1 year. The reports showed that SP therapy significantly improves weight, height and head circumference of children. [Khawale D et al 2017]

# Other few studies evaluated the effects of Suvarnaprashana as a preventive healthcare measure in children upto 8 years age and its clinical effects. Highly significant decrease in occurence of illnesses like cough, dyspnoea, sleep problems and pharyngitis is observed in SP treated group  highlighting its preventive role. Improvement in weight and height was seen in these studies as well by giving SP once daily for 30 days [Rao NP et al 2012] and once every pushya nakshatra for 12 months [Somaji LD et al 2014].

# A survey study of Suvarnaprashana in healthy children was conducted where the age specific dose was given on every Pushya constellation for 12 months to the children from 0-10 years of age. The assessment of the treatment was done after 12 months to check changes in weight, concentration, appetite, activity (Chapalata), mental stability, immunity, and memory power. The results showed that, 116.13 (88.65%) parents found overall improvement in all parameters, 9.37 (7.16%) parents could not judge any change and only 5.5 (4.19%) parents found their children deteriorate.<ref name=":3">Bhinde, Sagar & murthy, A & Dave, Hasmukh & Kiradi, Pallavi. (2013). A SURVEY STUDY ON ‘SUVARNA PRASHANA’- AN AYURVEDIC IMMUNIZATION. Journal of Vishwa Ayurveda Parisad. 10. 3-8.</ref> Parameter wise percentage improvement due to suvarnaprashana is listed below,

|Weight

|87%

Almost all the studies have reported significant improvement in weight of the child and decrease in illnesses after administering SP even at a monthly single dose. This reiterates the pharmacological action of gold and ghee as anabolic and immunoprotective.

Concentration: 112 (87%) parents were satisfied with improved concentration of their child

The gold use din Suvanraprashan is in purified and calcinated form known as Bhasma. Such processed form of gold has proven its safety since long time in may studies.<ref>Paul W, Sharma CP. Blood compatibility studies of Swarna bhasma (gold bhasma), an Ayurvedic drug. Int J Ayurveda Res. 2011 Jan;2(1):14-22. doi: 10.4103/0974-7788.83183. PMID: 21897638; PMCID: PMC3157103.</ref> <ref>Biswas S et al. Physicochemical characterization of Suvarna Bhasma, its toxicity profiling in rat and behavioural assessment in zebrafish model. Journal of Ethnopharmacology; Volume 249:2020,112388, ISSN 0378-8741. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2019.112388</nowiki>.</ref>Apart from that, in none of the clinical studies conducted on Suvarnaprashana, any adverse effects on the children have been reported.<ref name=":1" /> <ref name=":3" /> Therefore it can be stated that, Suvarnaprashana medicine prepared by an authentic, registered [[Vaidya (वैद्यः)|Vaidya]] or a pharmaceutical brand is safe for use. However it is best to take suvarnaprashana under a [[Vaidya (वैद्यः)|Vaidya's]] guidance.

== Hypothesis ==

 

Suvarnaprashana boosts immune system, protein metabolism and optimum secretion of growth hormone in children of growing age.  

 

 

 

 

 

=== Effect of Suvarnaprashana seen in clinical research studies ===

 

# A comparative pharmaco-clinical study on Suvarnaprashana medicine and just ghee-honey combination in full term newborns showed that, Weight, MUAC, head circumference had significant increase in SP group than control group. Episodes of recurrent Upper respiratory tract infections, diarrhoeal episodes were absent or infrequent in SP group than control group. Significan tincrease in WBC and lymphocyte count, IgG levels also showed significant rise. [Gaikwad AS et al. 2011] Once daily 4 weeks

# A randomised controlled clinical trial on Suvarna prashana to assess its immunomodulatory activity in neonates showed that, significant increase in weight of the children treated with SP is observed as compared to control group. Moreover infrequent or absence of other illnesses during follow up episodes was also observed in SP treated group  [Singh P et al 2016] Once daily 6 weeks

# One study was conducted to evaluate role of Suvarnaprashana on growth and development in Indian toddlers. The reports showed that, along with the positive improvement in physical parameters like height, weight etc, the developmental quotient for mental age of SP treated group was highly significant  than the non-treated group.  [Kannan S et al 2018] Once every pushya nakshatra for 9 months

# The effect of Suvarnaprashana on physical growth parameters like weight and height in children upto 12 years age was evaluated in one study. It showed that the effect on weight is significant but not statistically significant effect on height in SP treated group is observed.  [Ramteke RD et al 2014] Every Pushya nakshatra for 1 year

# Effects of Suvarnaprashana on multiple parameters in children were assessed in one more study.  [Patil A et al 2017] SP was orally administered for 6 months once every pushya or 27th day. The study reports showed that not just the height and weight but also improvement in IQ scores of SP treated group is significant. Moreover, increase in mean levels of immunoglobins like IgG, IgM, IgA were observed among SP treated children group after 6 months of SP.

# Effect of Suvarnprashana on physical growth as well as its immunomodulatory activity was assessed in children upto 14 years age in a study. The reports showed that SP therapy significantly improves weight, height and head circumference of children.  [Khawale D et al 2017] Once every 27th day for 1 year

 

Almost all the studies have reported significant improvement in weight of the child and decrease in illnesses after administering SP even at a monthly single dose. This reiterates the pharmacological action of gold and ghee as anabolic and immunoprotective.

== References ==

== References ==