Talk:Chyavanprash

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If this article survives VfD, it should get a redirect from the alternate spelling chyavanaprasha. Quale 21:34, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Article has survived the VfD debate. Will set up the alternate spelling as well. Sjakkalle 10:05, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Calories From Fat
The Nutrition Facts for the Dabur Chyawanprash indicate that for one tablespoon, 45 calories are being taken in.

Serious NPOV
I can't see how WP can endorse calling this drug the "elixir of life" with no word of balancing criticism. This fails on almost every level of NPOV. Absconded Northerner (talk) 00:32, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Article improved and expanded
This article was recently improved and expanded, with the addition of more reliable sources. Northamerica1000 (talk) 21:11, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Article has been included in Wikipedia
The article was deemed worthy for inclusion in Wikipedia: the result of the AfD was to keep it, because it's functional and appropriate as a Wikipedia article per Wikipedia notability guidelines, and its inclusion is congruent with building Wikipedia. Northamerica1000 (talk) 22:19, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Um, well, yes, but you don't really need to say that. =) 86.178.193.2 (talk) 17:41, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

There is no exact recipe for chyawanprash
Is that true? should we search for it? How dabur is making it? Abhijeet Safai 17:43, 24 September 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhijeet Safai (talk • contribs)

World's first brand? Really guys, really?
The only source is some blogger who looked up the concept of "brands" on businessdictionary.com:

-The process involved in creating a unique name and image for a product in the mind, mainly through advertising campaigns with a consistent theme. Branding aims to establish a significant and differentiated presence in the market that attracts and retains loyal customers.

and decided somehow that it's the same thing. This guy has no background in ancient history, let alone ancient indian history, and comes up with the startling discovery that ancient india not only had modern economic sensiblities, but modern sales tactics as well. Reminds me of Eric Voegelin to Leo Strauss on Popper-

"Popper engages in no textual analysis from which can be seen the author’s intention; instead he carries the modern ideological clichés directly to the text, assuming that the text will deliver results in the sense of the clichés."
 * Agreed and sentence removed. -- Neil N   talk to me  01:30, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Factual error: Amli, not triphala, is the primary ingredient
I am no expert on Ayurvedic medicine or chyawanprash (which is why I didn't just make this change), but I believe that amli (Indian gooseberry) is always the primary ingredient in chyawanprash, regardless of which of the many formulations are used. Triphala is listed in the article, and the rest of that sentence is probably correct. The abstract for that citation mentions gooseberry, not triphala; I didn't access the entire article. "Triphala is the primary ingredient of Chyawanaprash which makes it rich in Vitamin C (445 mg/100g).[4]"

Amli is quite high in Vitamin C, probably the highest content in any fruit. The problem is that my sources are the jar of chyawanprash that I have, and then other commercial sites: brands and/or unverifiable health sites. For example,

http://www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-conditions/top-9-health-benefits-of-amla-or-indian-gooseberry/ http://www.dabur.com/Products-Health%20Care-Chyawanprash organicindia.mercola.com/herbal-jam/chyawanprash.aspx http://store.chopra.com/productinfo.asp?item=184

BTW, if you ate triphala in that quantity, you'd end up with serious digestive disturbances! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roots303 (talk • contribs) 14:33, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Title change
Chywanaprasha is the correct spelling. It's missing an 'a' at the end. Can someone correct it please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.119.177.171 (talk) 03:33, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Incorrect interpretation of Heavy Metals Assay
"All leading market brands of Chyavanprash are shown to contain about 6 wt% of heavy metals, including Mercury in the form of Mercury Sulfide which is very toxic for human consumption.[6]"

This is not true at all and based on an incorrect reading of the cited paper. The cited paper references the [actual analysis], which explains its rating system - the "06" does not mean 6% heavy metal content (which would be an invariably fatal dose), but rather, that the level of heavy metals in the product was low and in compliance with regulation:

All the brands of Chyavanprash were meeting the requirement for heavy mental (sic) contents as Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium and Mercury, hence got full score."

This misleading information should be removed, or replaced by something like "All of the major brands of Chyavanprash were determined to be safe with respect to heavy metal content as of 2011 by Consumer Voice", with the direct citation that [6] references.

BadZen (talk) 20:20, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

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