According to Acharya Kashyapa, Swarnaprashana, an Ayurvedic practice that involves giving processed gold to children, can improve the following:
- Intellect
- Digestion
- Metabolism
- Physical Strength
- Immunity
- Complexion
- Fertility
- Life Span.
Swarnaprashana involves triturating gold with water, honey, and ghee on a clean stone facing east, and then the infant licks the mixture. Some say that Swarnaprashan can also improve: Memory, Appetite, Skin tone, Focus, Concentration, Stress, Depression, Stamina, Grasping power, Analysis power, and Memory recalling
A regular dose of Suvarnaprashan improves a child’s Intellectual power, Grasping power, Analysis power, and Recall memory. It improves Immunity and prevents recurrent colds, Coughs, Fevers and other Respiratory infections. It Improves Digestive power and decreases Digestion-related complaints.
Swarna bindu prashana (SBP) is a metallic medicinal preparation widely used in Ayurvedapediatrics. 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 dendriticcells 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 validateits safety and efficacy through systematic methodological research
Suvarnaprashan can be given daily. The dosage depends on the child’s age:
- Infants to 6 Months: 1 Drop every day or 2 drops on each pushya nakshatra
- 6 Months to 2 Years: 2 Drops every day or on each pushya nakshatra
- 2 to 10 Years: 4 Drops every day or on each pushya nakshatra
- Above 10 Years: 6 Drops every day