Worried about your health ? Want to boost your immunity ? Which dietary supplement should we take ? All these questions strike our mind at least once when we get infected with any infection, especially during this lockdown period. But do you find any answers or still confused ? No worries, let’s get to know about this.
We all know about how our health is important and how being immune is really an important thing. Some of them are already having strong immunity but if don’t then we take immunity boosters to boost our immune system. So we should know about the booster that we are taking. One of the dietary supplements to boost immunity is chyawanprash.
What Is Chawanprash ?
Chawanprash is dark color jam like substance that is actually a nutritive polyherbal jam, used for a variety of health needs and one of the most important things is it acts as an overall immunity booster for all age groups. In Fact chyawanprash is a well known ayurvedic herbal medicine since ages which includes almost 50 herbal ingredients that fights almost all infections and enhance longevity of a person.
The immunomodulatory effects and the rejuvenative properties of the chyawanprash is all your body needs to fight against infections and treat various problems like lung or breathing issues, indigestion, cardiac functioning, memory and brain functioning. It also removes toxins from the body and lowers the level of cholesterol and improves heart health. its antioxidant properties delays the ageing process and improves vigour vitality.
What are the ingredients in chyawanprash ?
Chyawanprash is fortified with powerful herbs, minerals, spices, and vitamin C that helps to boost immunity and prevent from a variety of health issues.
Although there are many herbal ingredients and the list of ingredients keeps on varying according to brand and type, flavours are also added in some but still some of the ingredients are essential and are present in almost every brand’s product,
These are the following;
- AMLA or amalki is always been a part of the list as it is a rich source of vitamin C, and having antioxidant and flavonoid properties makes it an essential part of the remedy.
- PIPALI is another one that is good for our respiratory tract.
- SHATAVARI enhances strength,
- ASHWAGANDHA enhances energy,
- MULETHI is excellent for cough and sore throat and
- GILOY an overall immunity booster.
- Besides this there are 30-50 medicinal herbs like Bael, Gokshura, Munakka, Harad, Bhumi, Adoosa, Nagarmoth and another ingredients also from which many are listed below:
Red Sandalwood Heartwood, Malabar Tree Leaf , Bacopa Leaf, Holy Basil Leaf, Ginger Rhizome, Raisin Fruit, Phyllanthus Whole, Licorice Stem, Zedoary Rhizome, Cinnamon Bark, Arjuna Bark, Saffron Stigma, Wild Cardamom Seed, Chebulic Myrobalam Fruit, Kudzu Root, Sacred Lotus Seed, Tribulus Fruit, Neem, Golden Apple Fruit, Nut Grass Whole, Indian Tinospora Stem, Leptadenia Leaf, Mesua Flower, Boerhavia Root, Long Pepper Fruit Extract, Raw Honey, Jaggery (Saccharum Ocinarum), Cold Pressed Black Sesame Seed Oil ,Clarified Butter (Cow Ghee).
What are the health benefits of Chawanprash ?
There is a vast list of health benefits of chyawanprash, from which major health benefits that everyone is concerned about are:
- The Major one that we have already mentioned many times is that it is an excellent Dietary Supplement for boosting IMMUNITY and STAMINA.
- It is incredibly good for our respiratory health as it promotes lung power. It controls cough and common cold when taken daily as your morning routine.
- It helps in maintaining a clear and clean respiratory tract by nourishing mucous membranes. In Fact there are several evidence showing that it helps in faster recovery of Tuberculosis patients. Besides this it gave relief in breathlessness and control symptoms of asthma also.
- Besides this it strongly supports our digestion process, promoting healthy movement of gases and regular waste elimination.
- It also regulates cholesterol and blood sugar level in normal range and stimulates proper metabolism.
- It triggers the reproductive system and promotes sexual health, further it promotes fertility and stamina in both men and women.
- Regular intake also helps in improving memory and functioning of the brain, providing proper nutrients and improving digestion helps in rectification of malnutrition, providing energy and fulfilling calorie requirements.
When and how much chyawanprash should you take?
It is considered that the right time to take chyawanprash is in the morning before breakfast so that nutrients can penetrate your body without interfering digestion. Although there are no significant side effects shown while taking it some other time that is you can take it anytime for a boost but due to the acidic property of amla it is not considered good to take it before bed as it may affect your teeth.
The recommended dose of chyawanprash is according to the age:
- Adults : 1-2 teaspoon once or twice a day
- Children ( over 6 years): half to 1 teaspoon once a day
- For Kids (3-5 years) : 1/4 teaspoon is sufficient
- Avoid giving it to kids below 3 years of age.
- It can be consumed directly or with warm milk daily.
- For a specific purpose you can consult your health care professional for correct dosage.
Now there are many different brands in the market providing you chyawanprash with different flavours and even for different age groups and some are specifically for diabetic patients also. You can always select the best one for you and boost your immunity.
