A randomized controlled clinical study of Gambhariphal granules and Ashwagandha granules in the management of karshya(underweight) in children of age group between 6-12 years.

Nutrition plays a great role in our daily life.Malnutrition has been identified as a significant clinical problem in India.Underweigjt can be defined as a child whose body weight is considered too low to be healthy.As per WHO underweight can be considered when proportion of children whose weight in relation to their age is below -2 standard deviations of the median of National Centre for Health Statistics reference.

Underweight can be correlated with karshya in Ayurveda where body gets emacciated gradually.Among the eight socially despicable persons as mentioned by Acharya charak karshya is said to be nutritional deficiency.Karshya is clinical entity presented with features like shushka sphik ,udar and greeva .All of these features are found in underweight children.Balya and Brimahan chikitsa is suggested for malnourished children in Ayurveda.

For this research Gambhariphal has been chosen described in Bhavprakash which possess properties like tridoshghna,brimhana,rasayana,Madhura rasa.Properties may help in breaking down samprapti of karshya and there by can arrest the progress of disease.Granule form has been choosen because it is easy to administration.