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[[File:Chyawanprash spoonful.JPG|thumb|200x200px|alt=Thick, dark liquid on a spoon|Chyavanprash is a herbal [[dietary supplement]].]]<br />
'''Chyavanprash''' ({{Langx|sa|च्यवनप्राश|translit=Cyavanaprāśa}}),<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2020-04-06 |title=Cyavanaprasha, Cyavanaprāśa, Cyavana-prasha: 5 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/cyavanaprasha |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031080017/https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/cyavanaprasha |url-status=live }}</ref> originally '''Chayavanaprasham''',<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2021-08-06 |title=Section 35 [Ashtanga-hridaya-samhita, Sanskrit text] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/ashtanga-hridaya-samhita-sanskrit/d/doc727582.html |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031080544/https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/ashtanga-hridaya-samhita-sanskrit/d/doc727582.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sivarajan |first1=V. V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jCMNAQAAMAAJ&q=Cyavanapr%C4%81%C5%9Bam |title=Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources |last2=Balachandran |first2=Indira |author-link2=Indira Balachandran |date=1994 |publisher=International Science Publisher |isbn=978-1-881570-21-9 |pages=28 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216070747/https://books.google.com/books?id=jCMNAQAAMAAJ&q=Cyavanapr%C4%81%C5%9Bam |archive-date=2023-02-16 |url-status=live}}</ref> is a cooked mixture of [[sugar]], [[honey]], [[ghee]], Indian gooseberry ([[Phyllanthus emblica|amla]]) [[jam]], [[sesame oil]], [[berries]] and various [[herbs]] and [[spices]].<ref>{{cite book | vauthors=Vora MS | title=Rasayana: The Fountain of Life | publisher=Partridge Publishing India | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-4828-4315-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xqIVCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT217 | access-date=November 2, 2017 | page=217 | archive-date=November 4, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104063219/https://books.google.com/books?id=xqIVCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT217#v=onepage&q&f=false | url-status=live }}</ref> It is prepared as per the instructions suggested in [[Ayurvedic]] texts. Chyavanprash is widely sold and consumed in [[India]] as a [[dietary supplement]].<br />
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==Origin==<br />
Chyavanprash is an [[ancient history|ancient]] formulation and product.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors=Gupta SK | title=Pharmacology and Therapeutics in the New Millennium | publisher=Springer Netherlands | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-7923-7059-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yrJ3M1KMv-AC&pg=PA332 | access-date=November 2, 2017 | page=332 | archive-date=November 4, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104063219/https://books.google.com/books?id=yrJ3M1KMv-AC&pg=PA332#v=onepage&q&f=false | url-status=live }}</ref> Various ancient Indian texts like [[Mahabharata]], [[Purana]]s etc., relate that [[Ashvins|Ashvin]] twins, who are [[Vedic]] gods of medicine, first prepared this formulation for [[Chyavana]] [[Rishi]], hence the name ''Chyavanprash''.<ref>Panda, H; ''Handbook On Ayurvedic Medicines With Formulae, Processes And Their Uses'', 2004, p10 {{ISBN|978-81-86623-63-3}}</ref> The first historically documented formula for chyavanprash appears in the ''[[Charaka Samhita]]'', the ancient Ayurvedic treatise<ref>Bates, D, ''Knowledge and the Scholarly Medical Traditions'' Cambridge University Press 1995, p325 {{ISBN|978-0-521-49975-0}}</ref> from the early first millennium BCE.<br />
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==Consumption and Taste==<br />
Chyavanaprash is usually consumed directly. It can also be consumed along with warm water. <br />
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Chyavanaprash tastes sweet and sour at the same time. The taste is dominated by the flavors of honey, [[ghee]] (clarified butter) and amla, and the smell by ghee and other spices including sandalwood, cinnamon and cardamom.<br />
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==Composition==<br />
The recipe of chyavanprash is mentioned in manuscripts written for ayurvedic method of treatment viz. [[Ashtanga Hridayam|Ashtangahridayam]], Charakasamhita, Sangandharasamhita. The number of herbs used may vary from 25 to 80 but the main ingredient of all chyavanprash is [[Phyllanthus emblica|amla]].<ref name="Johnston 2004 p. 226 ">{{cite book| vauthors = Johnston R |title=The politics of healing : histories of alternative medicine in twentieth-century North America|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|year=2004|isbn=0-415-93338-2|page=226}}</ref> Other chief ingredients are:<br />
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* [[Ashwagandha]] (''Withania somnifera'' or Winter cherry)<br />
* [[Asparagus racemosa|Shatavari]] (''Asparagus racemosa'')<br />
* [[Phyllanthus emblica|Amla]]<br />
* [[tabasheer|Bamboo manna]]<br />
* [[Blue Egyptian water lily]] (Makhana)<br />
* [[Cardamom]]<br />
* [[Chebulic myrobalan]]<br />
* [[Cinnamomum aromaticum|Chinese cinnamon]]<br />
* [[Cinnamon bark]]<br />
* [[Clove]]<br />
* [[Indian rose chestnut]]<br />
* [[Country mallow]]<br />
* Feather foil plant (''[[Phyllanthus niruri]]'' or Bhumiamalaki)<br />
* [[Gall]]s<br />
* [[Ghee]]<br />
* [[Giant potato]] (''Ipomoea mauritiana'' or Kiribadu Ala)<br />
* Giloy (Guduchi) (''[[Tinospora cordifolia]]'') <br />
* [[Honey]]<br />
* [[Pueraria tuberosa|Indian kudzu]]<br />
* Irish root<br />
* [[Liquorice]]<br />
* Long pepper (''[[Piper longum]]'')<br />
* [[Justicia adhatoda|Malabar nut]] (Seed of ''Adhatoda vasica'')<br />
* [[Cyperus|Nut grass]]<br />
* [[Potassium sorbate]]<br />
* [[Raisins]]<br />
* Round [[zedoary]]<br />
* [[Sandalwood]]<br />
* [[Sesame oil]]<br />
* Spreading hogweed (''[[Boerhavia diffusa]]'')<br />
* [[Sugar]]<br />
* [[Tiger's claw]] or Ice plant (''[[Erythrina variegata]]'')<br />
* Wild [[black gram]]<br />
* Wild [[green gram]]<br />
{{div col end}}All of the major brands of chyavanprash were determined to be safe with respect to heavy metal content as of 2011 by Consumer Voice.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sharma R, Martins N, Kuca K, Chaudhary A, Kabra A, Rao MM, Prajapati PK | title = Chyawanprash: A Traditional Indian Bioactive Health Supplement | journal = Biomolecules | volume = 9 | issue = 5 | pages = 161 | date = April 2019 | pmid = 31035513 | pmc = 6571565 | doi = 10.3390/biom9050161 | doi-access = free }}</ref><br />
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