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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/93718, first published .
Mother feeding Ayurvedic herbal leham to her child from a spoon

Ayush Bala Rakshak Leham for Moderate Malnutrition in Children Aged 3 to 5 Years: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Ayush Bala Rakshak Leham for Moderate Malnutrition in Children Aged 3 to 5 Years: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Karthika Asokan Prabha   1 , MD ;   Kishor Gavali   2 , MD ;   Binitha P   1 , MS ;   Saniya CK   3 , MD, PhD ;   Suhas Chaudhary   2 , MD, PhD ;   Monika Kumari   2 , MD, PhD ;   Remya E   4 , MD, PhD ;   Prashant Shinde   5 , MS ;   Swati Sharma   6 , MD ;   Arunabh Tripathi   5 , MSc, PhD ;   Sophia Jameela   5 , MD ;   Richa Singhal   5 , PhD ;   Babita Yadav   6 , MD, PhD ;   Sarada Ota   4 , MS ;   Bhogavalli Chandra Sekhara Rao   5 , MD ;   Narayanam Srikanth   5 , PhD ;   Rabinarayan Acharya   5 , PhD, DSc

1 National Ayurveda Research Institute for Panchakarma, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Thrissur, Kerala, India

2 Maharao Shekhaji Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

3 Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

4 Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

5 Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Janakpuri, New Delhi, India

6 Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Science, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Corresponding Author:

  • Karthika Asokan Prabha, MD
  • National Ayurveda Research Institute for Panchakarma
  • Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences
  • Cheruthuruthy
  • Thrissur, Kerala 679531
  • India
  • Phone: 91 9446502709
  • Email: drkarthikaap@gmail.com