Safety assessment on chronic administration of Swarna Bindu Prashan —a popular Ayurvedic preparation of incinerated gold ash used as immune booster to children in southern India

Department of Rasa Shastra, Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221 005, India Department of PG Studies in Rasa Shastra & Bhaishajya Kalpana, Shri BM Kankanwadi Ayurved Mahavidyalaya & Post-Graduate Studies cum Research Centre, KLE University, Belagavi, Karnataka-590 003, India Department of Pharmacology, USM Medical School, Belagavi, Karnataka-590 010, India

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