Chyavanprash

Chyavanprash (Sanskrit: च्यवनप्राश, romanized: Cyavanaprāśa),[1] originally Chayavanaprasham,[2][3] is a cooked mixture of sugar, honey, ghee, Indian gooseberry (amla) jam, sesame oil, berries and various herbs and spices.

[5] Various ancient Indian texts like Mahabharata, Puranas etc., relate that 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.

[6] The first historically documented formula for chyavanprash appears in the Charaka Samhita, the ancient Ayurvedic treatise[7] from the early first millennium BCE.

The recipe of chyavanprash is mentioned in manuscripts written for ayurvedic method of treatment viz.

[8] Other chief ingredients are: All of the major brands of chyavanprash were determined to be safe with respect to heavy metal content as of 2011 by Consumer Voice.