Open AccessHERBAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR STHANYAJANAN (GALACTOGOGUES)
Author(s) -
Kavita Kavita,
Jayesh Chaudhary,
Om P. Sharma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international ayurvedic medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5091
DOI - 10.46607/iamj2309052021
Subject(s) - breast milk , human breast milk , medicine , immune system , breast feeding , infant formula , incidence (geometry) , traditional medicine , immunology , pediatrics , physiology , biology , biochemistry , physics , optics
Human breast milk serves as a source of nutrition which is uncontaminated by environmental pathogen. Multiple immunological factors produced by the mother’s immune system are transported to infant through breast milk and are associated with a protective role against infection in children. It reduces the incidence of infantile diarrhoea, sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), allergic/hypersensitivity diseases, and development of Type 1 (insulin de- pendent) and Type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetes mellitus relative to the use of infant formula. In Ayurveda, ‘Kasyapa’ defines pure breast milk as that which the baby thrives well and both the mother and baby remain happy, healthy, and free from any ailment. Breast milk promotes growth and development and acts as a tonic for all the tissues. In Ayurveda text, many herbs are described for improving breast milk under the name “Stanyajanana”.Keywords: Sthanyajana, Kasyapa, SIDS