Swapnil C Raskar*, Minaxshi Sharma, Rajanish Meti, Dipthi Viswaroopana
Children are vulnerable to hamper their growth and development, especially in poverty and source poor setting like India. When one speaks of under-five ailments, about 34% conditions are related to growth, and therefore it is need of hour to do research on ayurveda nutritional supplements to promote the healthy growth and development of children. In kashyapa samhita, there are number of medicated ghee preparation explained, which should be licked with madhu. Samangadi ghrita is one among the enlisted ghrita preparations. Lehana is one of the unique pediatric treatment preparations having therapeutic as well as nutritional value. The main ingredients of lehana are ghrita and madhu which are basically the food substances which are in daily use. Both of these have good calorie and nutritional value which is essential for the growth of the child. Kashyapa samhita the authentic and ancient text of kaumarbhritya has described in details about the lehana in children with due indications and contra indications. Acharya kashyapa has mentioned different ghrita or ghee medicated with the different herbs for the lehana purpose. Different medicated ghee has different indications and has diverse actions on different developing organs as well as developing and growing systems of children. Samangadi ghrita is one of the lehana herbal medicated ghee described in kashyapa samhita in lehadhyaya.
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