Ayurvedic Immunization Schedule for New born Child
“Swasthasya Swastha Rakshanam” means maintaining the good Health of a Healthy person is the very first aim of Ayurveda. So The dictum ‘prevention is better than cure’ is not a new concept at least for Ayurveda.
The approach is totally different and gives prime importance to the management of Immunity based on its own philosophy and practice. Ayurveda covers broad spectrum of relevances responsible in occurring of disease such as Sharir, Nij, Kalaj, Deshaj, Sankramaka, Janpadodhvansa, Vishaj, Astanga-indriya artha samyoga, Pragya apradha etc.
Prophylaxis principles include Nidan parivarjan, Dincharya, Ritucharya, Virrudha ahar, Sodhan kriya, Rasyan management, Agniddeepan, Prakriti etc and even Kulaj which describes safeguards against many congenital diseases. Herbal medication under the taxanomy of Rasayan has in itself to say a lot about immunization
In Authentic text book of Ayurveda called Arogya Kalpadruma, its mentioned about the Medicines that should be given for a New born child till its 13 years of Age. The Idea behind giving these medicines is to impart Immunity to the Child.
One can compare this with the Modern immunization program for children or immunization Schedule. Now a days many have experienced difficulties with the modern immunization program for children. So here we are with an alternative from Ayurveda which is prmitive as 5000 years or more from the Pediatric textbook of Ayurveda called Arogya Kalpadruma, where a complete Ayurvedic immunization program till the child attains 13 years of age is described in detail as Prākāra yoga.
Prākāra yoga:- Prākāra literally means compound wall and Yoga means Medicinal Formulation. In together Prakara Yoga means Medicinal Formulations that are given as a preventive health care for child to protect the New Born from further Diseases.
Ayurvedic immunization program
New born:
Vaca + tripādika rasa – 3 drops each day on the vertex – from 2nd day to 7th day
Benefits: digestion and immunity will be strong
After 15th day:- For 7 days – panchanga of vilva mixed in dhātri svarasa – 1 gram per day
For 1 month old child:- Ghee processed with [musta, hingu, vidanga & brahmi svarasa]
At 3 months:- Vyoṣa, śāriba raja, butter – for 7 days
At 6 months:- Musali kandaja raja + vyoṣa powder + honey – for 7 days
At 1 year:-
Each month for 7 days
1st month – [dhātri + musta] + vyoṣa + madhu
Second month – [dhātri + musta] + mixed with butter
3rd month – [dhātri + musta] in sugar and warm water
4th month – [dhātri + musta] with sugar and honey
5th month – [dhātri + musta] with panchakola churna and ghee
6th month – [dhātri + musta] with jeeraka and pippali powder and honey
7th month – [dhātri + musta] with vyoṣa + dadima + mastu
8th month – [dhātri + musta] with granthika mūla + kuṭaja processed in ghee and given
9th month – [dhātri + musta] with vidanga + pippali + honey
10th month – [dhātri + musta] jiraka + vyosha + sugar
11th month – [dhātri + musta] with goat milk
12th month – [dhātri + musta] with sugar + jeeraka powder + cow milk
Only the mixing substance changes each month
3rd year:
All instructions are for 7 days each month
All medicines to be taken in morning on empty stomach
Ghee and sugar in equal quantity of medicine
Herbs will be 3 grams + 3 grams of ghee & sugar
1st month – guduchi, pippali, vaca
2nd month – vyoṣa, yashtyahva, vaca, saindhava, abhaya
3rd month – vella (vidanga), musta, ela, vaca, nāgara, pippali
4th month – sariba, vyoṣa, vaca, jīraka, kaiśikī (māśīkka)
5th month – dadima, musta, vaca, dhānyaka, māgadhi (pippalī)
6th month – punarnava, bhūnimba, vaca, kṣīrataru tvaca (nālpāmaram)
7th month – sūpyaparṇi (māṣaparni), musta, kova kizhangu (bimbi root), ṛddhi (kāṭṭumuthira), pippali, vaca
8th month – droṇapuṣpa, musta, vaca, palāśa tvak
9th month – brahmi, musta, vaca, kutaja, māgadi (pippalī)
10th month – mālatīpuṣpa, vaca, jīraka, kaiśikī (māyāphala) മാശിക്ക
11th month – śamī patra, jīraka, citraka, vaca, pippalī
12th month – musta, trikaṭu, dāḍima, āmalaki, viḍanga, tālīsapatra, citraka, paśugandha or ajagandha (വേള), abhaya, vaca
5th year:- Same as above but substitute vaca with puṣkaramūla
8th year:- Add sankhapushpi root + medicines of 5th year – mix powder with ghee and makshika
10th year:-
Every month give ghee made with following herbs for 7 days
Dose: 10 grams
1st month – abhaya, vyosa, saindhava, vaca, Talisa patra, brahmi
2nd month – vidanga, amalaki, vyosa, pāṭhā, dāḍima, dīpyaka, kṛṣṇa mundā rasam (mandukaparṇi svarasa)
3rd month – jiraka, vyosa, saindhava, vaca, musta, pushkaramula in vetasāmla rasa (njerinjām puli)
4th month – jīvanīya gaṇa + musta, agnimantha, citraka, granthika in goats milk
5th month – draksha, punarnava, pāṭha, musta, hapusha mūla, kaṭphala, dāḍīma in goat milk
6th month – śāribādi ghrtam (sariba, musta, ushira, katutraya, devadāru, jiraka) in goat milk
7th month – nāgarādi ghrtam (nagara, amalaki, dusparśa (kodithūva), kutaja, musta, vilva panchanga) in water
8th month – pippalyādi ghrtam (pippali, kutaja, indrayava, draksha, brhati dvaya, amśumati dvaya, tikta, droṇa puṣpa, hribera, alarka, dīpyaka, dāḍima, musta, pāṭha, vaca, śigru, hingu, punarnava, vilva mūla, śamī valkam, mālatī mukulam, utpala, vidanga, amalaki) with dadhi mastu – after making the ghee it has to be filtered into a vessel containing jiraka and sita (rock sugar)
9th month – vilvādi ghrtam – kasāya (vilva, ajamoda, nirgundi, granthika, musta, dadima) for kalka (vyosha, ela, citraka, vidanga) – add milk equal to the quantity of ghrtam
Another alternative – Pāṭha, droṇa puṣpi, musta in mastu – make a ghee of that herbal paste
Another alternative – vyosha, ela, citraka, vidanga, Pāṭha, droṇa puṣpi, musta in mastu – make ghee of this paste
10th month – trāyamāṇādi ghṛtam (kasaya – trayamana, brahmi, kutaja, musta, granthika; kalka – ativisha, musta, bhunimba, kutaja)
11th month – dadimadi ghrtam (dadima, triphala, vidanga, granthika (māgadhimūla), citraka and jivanti svarasa) + ghrtam and mastu in equal quantity
12th month – kaṣāya – patha, kutaja, bhunimba, dhanyaka; kalka – vidanga, palasa tvak, nisa dvaya, punarnva, vyosha, dipyaka, duralabha, yashti – make the ghee – administer with honey
13th year:-
1st month – durva, vaca + sita, kshaudra, sarpi
2nd month – Brahmi, manduka parni, śamīvalka, bhṛngāmalaka, māgadhi, viśālā, vajravalli (asthisrnkhala), indulekha (bakuci), bhunimba, gopika (sariba)