Chyawanprash
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Other Names : Chyavanaprasha, Chyavanaprash, Chyavanaprasam, Chyawanaprash,
Composition
The real recipe of chyavanprash is given in ayurvedic texts like Ashtangahridayam, Charakasamhita, Sangandharasamhita,etc. Nowadays different companies are making chyavanprash in their own ways by removing some ingredients and adding their own. The number of herbs used in preparation of the paste varies from 25 to 80, but the main ingredient of all Chyawanprash is amla.<ref>"Chyavanaprasha Rasayan." Logayurveda.com. Accessed September 2011.</ref> Other chief ingredients are:<ref>"Colors of India.com" Accessed October 2011</ref> Template:Div col
- ashwagandha
- asparagus
- bamboo manna
- blue Egyptian water lily
- cardamom
- chebulic myrobalan
- Chinese cinnamon
- cinnamon bark
- clove
- Indian rose chestnut
- country mallow
- feather foil plant (Phyllanthus niruri or Bhumiamalaki)
- galls
- ghee
- Giant potato (Ipomoea mauritiana or Kiribadu Ala)
- honey
- Indian kudzu
- Irish root
- liquorice
- Long pepper (Piper longum)
- Malabar nut (Seed of Adhatoda vasica)
- Nut grass
- Potassium sorbate
- Raisins
- Round zedoary
- sandalwood
- sesame oil
- Spreading hogweed (Boerhavia diffusa)
- Sugar
- Tiger's claw or Ice plant
- Wild black gram
- Wild green gram
- Winter cherry (or Ashwaghanda)
