Panchakarma Treatments
Panchakarma is an integral past as the psychophysiological measure of the Samshodhara therapy and it is the unique and fundamental character of Indian System of Ayurvedic medicine.
The five distinct procedures are:
- Vamana (Induced therapeutic vomiting, emesis)
- Virechana (Purgation)
- (Anuvasana) Snehavasti (medicated oil enema)
- Niruha, Asthapana or Kashayavasti (Medicated decoctian enema)
- Nasya or Sirovirachana (Nasal administration)
Panchakarma is more useful in today's busy world with polluted environment consisting of lipophilic toxins, that accumulate in the fatty tissues of the body. Emphasizing the importance of panchakarma therapy, the Ayurveda says that Shodhana (purification) strikes at the root of the disease and thus the disease treated by it does not reoccur, while treated with other methods might reappear.
These procedures are preceded by the two preparatory procedures of Swedana (Formentation therapy or induced sweating) and 'Snehana' (internal and external oleation) eliminating toxins out of the body. Panchakarma can be administered on healthy, as well as ill people.
When a healthy person undergoes Panchakarma, it has a preventive, restorative and rejuvenative effect. Panchakarma administered to an ill person, after careful examination and diagnosis, helps eliminate toxins - the root cause of an ailment.
It is a unique approach to biopurification and detoxification which has got tremendous potential in curing a variety of pathological conditions.
- Vamana - useful in bronchial asthma, sinuritis and chronic bronchitis.
- Virechana - useful in conditions where excess of bile is accumulated in gall bladder, liver and gastrointestinal system producing skin rashes, inflammontary changes, nausea.
- Vasti - Effective in treating a variety of neurological and rheumatological conditions.
- Nasya - Besides its role in Panchakarma, has specific role in diseases of the head and brain.