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Infants who are born between 34 weeks 1 day to 36 weeks 6 days are called as �late preterm� infants 1. There is always a problem in normal growth of premature babies like feeding and nutrition, physical growth, nutritional status etc2. Oil massage(abhyanga ) is non-invasive procedure that has positive effect on physical growth of late preterm babies including weight gain, promotion of normal development, decreases stress behavior, improves sleep3. Major contents of Dhanvantar tail i.e. Bala, Dashmoolas, tila tail, godugdha are jeevaniya, brihaniya, dhatuvardhaniya . Abhyanga (massage)with dhanvantar tail showed more increase in anthropometric mesuremenets when compared to abhyanga with coconut oil.6 parts of godugdha and bala present in dhanvantar tail due to its madhur ras ,madhur vipak ,sheeta virya ,laghu,snigdha,picchila gunas & has helped in increasing the physical parameters .Acharya has specifically indicated it in balarogas4. This is an informed, consented open randomized controlled clinical study. Total 40 newborn babies 34.1 to 36.6 weeks of gestational age who were born at delivered Bharati vidyapeeth(deemed to be university)college of Ayurveda and Hospital, Pune,india , from IPD are selected for the clinical trial. Abhyanga with Dhanvantar Tail and Coconut Oil was done in trial and control group respectievely for 3 Months. Patients were followed up every 15 days for 2 months and then eery 30days for the next 2 months. Result: Abhyanga with Dhanvantar tail shows effect earlier than abhyanga with coconut oil on growth late preterm babies.