SWARNAPRASHANA: AN EMERGING AYURVEDIC VACCINATION FOR CHILDREN

In the ever-demanding competitive age of today there is always a need to excel including children. This in turn requires best of health and intelligence. Hence parents are always in search of a supplement that promotes health and intelligence of their child. Ayurveda has given vast description of such health promoting agents under the name of rasayana. Swarnaprashana is one such rasayana mentioned in Ayurveda to promote immunity and memory of children. The modern vaccination techniques are specific and are of a great help only when a particular pathogen invades the body. But the Ayurvedic techniques like Swarnaprashana is nonspecific and is in action round the clock guarding the individual as it boosts the immunity in general and also has an added benefit of increasing the intellect.