SUVARNAPRASHANA:-
√ Lehana:-
- The word – Lehana – itself indicates its consistency (semi solid form - लिह्यते).
- This term is used synonymously with the concept of praasana.
- The drugs for lehana should always be mixed with honey and ghrita.
- After 8 months of age the medium can be changed to plain water.
- Acharya Kasyapa explained SUVARNAPRAASHANA under the concept of lehana.
√ Suvarnapraasana:-
- Suvarna is nirmal and best among the 4 sudha lohas.
- It is said to prevent grahabaadha, protects against vishaand increases buddhi, medha and smriti.
- By suvarnapraasana, Acharya might have intended the attainment of good intellect, immune power and longevity.
√ Suvarnapraasana Vidhi:-
- Keeping face towards east, gold should be rubbed in a clean stone with a little quantity of water, churned with honey and ghrita and given to the child.
√ Hemaadripraasana:-
• Ingredients:-
1. Hema (Gold), Swetavacha & Kushta.
2. Arkapushpi & Kaanchana.
3. Hema, Matsyaakshaka & Sankha.
4. Kaidarya, Kanaka & Vacha.
- Above mentioned four groups of drugs consumed with honey and ghee.
- Consumed for the one year period it bestows good body growth, intelligence, strength, colour and goodness.
√ Benefits of Suvarnapraasana:-
- Feeding of Suvarnapraasan increases intellect, digestive and metabolic power, strength and gives long life.
- It considered as auspisious,virtuous, aphrodisiac, increase complexion and eliminates grahas.
- By feeding for 1 month, the child becomes extremely intelligent and is protected from diseases.
- And for 6 months, the child is able to retain for a long time what ever he hears.
√ Indications of Lehana:-
- Mothers of the children having no breast milk, deficient milk or vitiated milk, of parturient mother.
- Women who underwent difficult labour or are severely ill, the children who have predominance of vaata and pitta but not kapha.
- Who don’t get satisfied with breast milk and cry in spite of repeatedly sucking, the children who don’t sleep in the night and eat too much.
- Pass scanty urine and faeces, children who have increased digestive power, though free from diseases yet scraggy, have delicate body parts, and are emaciated.
- Don’t pass urine and faeces even for 3 days, such children should be prescribed lehanas.
√ Contra-indications of Lehana:-
- Those children with weak digestive power, sleepy, passing excessive stool, less urine, stout bodied.
- Having indigestion, receiving guru breast milk, mother of child consuming all rasas, who suffer from diseases of head and neck.
- In aamaroga, fever, diarrhoea, jaundice, sotha, paandu, carfiac diseases, dyspnoea, cough, rectal diseases, urinary bladder diseases, abdominal diseases.
- Flatulence, ganda erysipeles, vomiting, anorexia, all graharogas and alasaka should not be prescribed lehana.
- It should neither be given daily nor after taking meals, on an inauspicious day or a day with strong wind.
- Lehana along with non-congenial articles or its excess amount is not advisable.
- The references of contraindications of lehana ho hand in hand with the contraindications of snehana in classics.
√ Drug used in Lehana:-
- Both single drugs and compound formulations have been prescribed by Acharya Kasyapa;
• Single drugs:-
1. Brahmi
2. Mandookaparni
3. Triphala
4. Chitraka
5. Vacha
6. Shatapushpa
7. Sataavaree
8. Dantee
9. Naagabala
10. Trivrit
√ Benefits of Lehana:-
- Kasyapa samhita emphasizes the importance of lehana by stating that happiness and sorrow of children are dependent on lehana.
- Lehana is a simple remedy for common diseases in curative aspect.
- The preparation also imparts sufficient potency for the prevention of different diseases.
- Moreover, the drugs used are easily accessible as well as administrable.
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