AYURVEDA  &  PANCHAKARMA

           PANCHAKARMA  FROM AN  IMP. PART  OF AYURVEDA.

            &nb sp;           According to ayurveda diseases treated with panchakarma  in ayurveda

Show less chances  of re-occurrence. It is an imp “shodhan “ theraphy with the help of

Which “doshas “ (toxins)  responsible for creating diseases  are removed from our body.

It is believed that rice panchakarma theraphy  our body  is purified i.e., it become

“shudh” –free from toxic doshas becoming diseases.

                      &nb sp;    Panchakarma – panch +karma i.e., five karma to be  performed for

Removing toxin from our body waman , virchan ,basti, nasya, rakta , mokshan are the

Five karmas which contribute to “panchkarma “. Snehan  i.e., swedan  there are 2

Theraphyies are not a part of panchkarma but they are purva- karma’s i.e., they form

An integral part of panchakarma  performed before doing  panchakarma .

 SNEHANàThis is  of 2 types (a) Abhyantar  (b) Bhaiya .

            &nb sp;          (a )    Abhyantar  sehan means the patient is given oil or  ghee to be taken orally instantly in large quantity.

b)Bhaiya swedan-Here special medicated oil is applied on ur body.Trained massagist massages your body with the help of medicated oil to your body.It improves your Skin tone , refreshes  skins, increases your life span ,  & more over if performed for Varrious  “Vataj” diseases  it  reduces  vat element &  thesymptoms involved in  diseases  as  pain,  reduced  movement, numbness

  SWEDANà In simple language  swedan  means  the  precedeure in 

which  You  are  given  treatment  for sweating .  But swedan is quiet different from

steam  bath.   The steam bath  given in the GYM & hotels comprises steam which comes

from water  heated  instantly to from steam but in swedan several herbs as prescribed

by Ayurvedic physician are heated in a vessel for a fix period & then  the steam formed

is given to patient for a fix time interval until patient is made to sweat.

Swedan open  the sweat pores, helps blood  circulation , mobilizes  the stiffness in joints and Refreshes the body.

  1)  Wamanà In this theraphy medicatted water (3-5 lit )  s given to

Patient  to drink along  with “Waman Aushadi “. Here the process of   vomiting is

initiated   It helps to  clear  the  “dushit  kaph” element from the  body responsible  for

varrious  diseases.

            &nb sp;                    Various kapha diseases such as Asthma , Oademas, Swellen  joint

Laziness , Anorexia , heaviness of  body loss of memory etc

 4)    VirechanàHere medicines are given to remove “dushit pitta” from

The body via Anus . virechan is helpful in varrius pitaj diseases such as acidity, burning

Hand -feet, pimple, watery stool etc.

        5)     Bastià This is the most imp. Theraphy  in Panchakarma. It is

Similiar to enema  but in enema soap water is used to clear rectum  but in basti

Ayurvedic kadas, oil, milk, etc is inserted in rectum. It is the best treatment for vataj

Diseases . Here dushit vata is eliminated from the body by alternate use of oil & basti,

Kada . Oil basti  also helps to soften , lighten, & rejunuvate body, lengthens old  age.

Medicated milk basti helps improves sperm count.

 Ropan basti helps to cure fissure.

Gomutra basti is useful in obesity

. Netrabasti cures varrius eye diseases.

 shiro basti Is helpful in various “Shiro Roya “.

  Kati basti is useful in low back ach.

 Janu  basti is useful in knee joint pain.

 Hriday basti is helpful in preventing diseases related to heart like

Blood pressure ,RHD, ,CAD etc .

 Yoni basti is useful is varrious diseases related to female genital system like leucoria ,menoragia metroragia ,PID, Infertility, fallopian tube blockage etc

4) Nasyaà Here medicated powder , oil, kadha is asked to be inhaled

through nostrils .  Slight massage of  medicated oil is performed on forhead and

Maxillary sinus & than light swedan is given on the same area then the prescribed 

Medicine is asked to inhaled .  It is very useful i.e.,  chronic  sinusitis, headach ,

Migraive , hemiplegia, paraplegia, epilepsy , loss of  memory etc.

           5)   Raktamokshanà In a simple language, letting out of blood is called

Raktamokshan . Mostly leech is used to let out blood from the affected part.   For

Soft hearted  people some physicians use simple syringe needle to let out blood . It is

Belived  that rakta mokshan improves blood quality.Here blood is began let out in which fresh new blood is formed which has good  power  to fight against diseases.   Arthitis, pimples, leprosy, scabies,itching and all types of  skin diseases show a good result after rakta mokshan.

            &nb sp;                   Thus  it is  believed that after the patient’s body is been            &nb sp;                   purified  by panchkarma theraphy his body  became less prone  to be attack by

Various infections.

As vehicles need reguliar services our body(which is a type of vehicle)also needs servicing.Thus Panchkarma is an important tool for servicing our body.here body is rejunuvated and detoxified.It is a process by which body is cleaned internally.

If oil is applied to the utencil and then if the water is poured in it- the water doesn’t stick to its surface ; In the same way body cleaned by Panchkarma is less proned to be attack by diseases.Thus with the help of Panchkarma the root cause of disease is eliminated from our body.

Tags: Detoxification Therapy

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