Editing Chyavanprash

{{Short description|Ayurvedic dietary supplement}}
[[File:Chyawanprash spoonful.JPG|thumb|200x200px|alt=Thick, dark liquid on a spoon|Chyavanprash is a herbal [[dietary supplement]].]]
'''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 |date=1994 |publisher=International Science Publisher |isbn=978-1-881570-21-9 |pages=28 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-29 |archive-date=2023-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216070747/https://books.google.com/books?id=jCMNAQAAMAAJ&q=Cyavanapr%C4%81%C5%9Bam |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]].

==Origin==
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]] at his [[Ashram]] on [[Dhosi Hill]] near [[Narnaul]], [[Haryana]], [[India]], 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.

==Consumption and Taste==
Chyavanaprash is usually consumed directly. It can also be consumed along with warm water. 

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.

==Composition==
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:
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* [[Ashwagandha]] (''Withania somnifera'' or Winter cherry)
* [[Asparagus racemosa|Shatavari]] (''Asparagus racemosa'')
* [[Phyllanthus emblica|Amla]]
* [[tabasheer|Bamboo manna]]
* [[Blue Egyptian water lily]] (Makhana)
* [[Cardamom]]
* [[Chebulic myrobalan]]
* [[Cinnamomum aromaticum|Chinese cinnamon]]
* [[Cinnamon bark]]
* [[Clove]]
* [[Indian rose chestnut]]
* [[Country mallow]]
* Feather foil plant (''[[Phyllanthus niruri]]'' or Bhumiamalaki)
* [[Gall]]s
* [[Ghee]]
* [[Giant potato]] (''Ipomoea mauritiana'' or Kiribadu Ala)
* Giloy (Guduchi) (''[[Tinospora cordifolia]]'') 
* [[Honey]]
* [[Pueraria tuberosa|Indian kudzu]]
* Irish root
* [[Liquorice]]
* Long pepper (''[[Piper longum]]'')
* [[Justicia adhatoda|Malabar nut]] (Seed of ''Adhatoda vasica'')
* [[Cyperus|Nut grass]]
* [[Potassium sorbate]]
* [[Raisins]]
* Round [[zedoary]]
* [[Sandalwood]]
* [[Sesame oil]]
* Spreading hogweed (''[[Boerhavia diffusa]]'')
* [[Sugar]]
* [[Tiger's claw]] or Ice plant (''[[Erythrina variegata]]'')
* Wild [[black gram]]
* Wild [[green gram]]
{{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>

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