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In this unfortunate period of COVID 19 pandemic when saving lives has become priority above all issues, the interests of our future, the children, are being hurt the most. Deprivation of psychosocial and environmental elements during the childhood period of human life can seriously jeoparadize the physical, mental, social and immunological development of children. Consequentially in post-COVID period many of our children are likely not to grow up to their inherent genetic potential and thus manifest as laggards in their respective fields. This crucial childhood specific health issue arising out of COVID 19 conditions can however be effectively managed by a simple and time tested Ayurvedic therapeutic measure of � Swarna Prashana� . Its principal ingredient is gold. In pre COVID 19 times, the major trend of administering Swarna Prashana in our country was of giving it monthly as a pulse therapy (on Pushya Nakshatra ). But in view of the present 24 X 7 threat of n-CoV 2019, the most reasonable approach of would be of daily administration in the initial few months, thereafter, followed by a strategic shift to pulse therapy. 0.25 mg/kg/day appear to be a rational daily dose of Swarna ( bhasma ) for Swarna Prashana in children. Thus, considering its potential of ensuring a maximum possible overall growth and development of a child and in turn the nation too, Swarna Prashana should be urgently launched as a national program in the present time of crisis. Keywords: Ayurveda , Children, COVID