Panchakarma is Ayurveda’s primary purification and detoxification treatment. Panchakarma literally signifies the "Five Therapies". These five curative means of eliminating toxins from the body are;
Vamana or Emesis Therapy :Ayurvedic treatment is therapeutic vomiting or Vamana, to eliminate the kapha that is responsible for the deposition of the excess mucus within the body.
Virechana or Purgation Therapy: When excess of bile or pitta is secreted, it often gets accumulated in the gall bladder, liver and small intestine.
Nasya or Nasal Administration
Basti or Enema Therapy: It relieves chronic fever, constipation, cold, sexual disorders, heart pain, kidney stones, backache, sciatica and other pains in the joints.
Raktamokshana: Toxins present in the gastro-intestinal tract get mixed with blood and are circulated throughout the body so purification of blood or raktamoksha becomes necessary along with internal medication.
Panchakarma is of enormous importance in Ayurveda because it covers a wide range of preventive and curative measures.
Process of Panchakarma
Panchakarma includes three serial procedures. These are;
1. Purva Karma
(Preparatory Methods) which constitutes Paachan (Digestion), Snehana (Internal and external oleation) and Swedan (Fomentation),2. Pradhan Karma
(Main methods) which comprises Vamana (Induced vomiting), Virechana (Induced purgation), Basti (Medicated enema), Nasya (Nasal medicine) and Raktamokshana (Artificial bloodletting),3. Paschat Karma
(Post-Therapeutic Measures) which consists of Sansarjan Karma (Specific dietetics) and Rasayana (rejuvenation therapy).To know more visit here : Panchakarma, Ayurveda
