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Geriforte, being an indigenous mineral preparation, is claimed to be a very useful and effective general tonic and restorative for those patients who have undergone a major surgery. Surgical procedures undoubtedly cause certain trauma to the body tissues. It takes quite a long time for the trauma to heal in the patients. Especially it concerns aged patients who exercise a lowered resistance to any surgical operation.

Any surgical management also leaves a high risk of unsuccessful post-operative convalescence for the aged patients. For the body tissues to repair after any surgical intervention our cells need an appropriate quantity of proteins. When it comes to the aged, the protein metabolism changes in them and that serves as a main cause of ageing. So, the need for the impactful preparation with protein sparing activity arises. Many doctors turn to anabolic hormones which seem to be powerful enough. Various anabolic hormones have been used to halt biological wear and tear in the body. These hormones mostly belong to the group of androgen anabolic steroids which are to reduce the negative nitrogen balance and convert it into a positive one. The application to anabolics is above any criticism because they are very forcible, but at the same time they exert various side effects.

Geriforte is largely formulated from herbal ingredients and has proved to have anabolic activity. It provides the aged patients exposed to surgical aggression with the necessary proteins needed for tissue repair, thus, speeding up post-operative recovery. The preparation works successfully for the improvement in general feeling of well-being and physical fitness. It increases appetite coupled with better digestion and normal bowels. Geriforte also relieves a patient of general aches. Moreover, when Geriforte goes into effect, it causes weight gain for those exhausted after surgical procedures. The patients are also found to have appreciable rise in levels of total serum proteins.

Geriforte substantiates its major capacity for the overall improvement in patients after a surgery. It is an advantageous preparation because being non-hormonal and purely indigenous it circumvents various side effects which are clear-cut and inherent while using hormonal anabolic preparation. Geriforte reveals no hazardous effect on the heart, lungs, liver, spleen and prostate gland. It exerts no change in hemoglobin levels, blood pressure and blood urea estimation. Geriforte has no detectable toxic reactions and there is no incidence of drug sensitivity.