Panchkarma Treatment
Panchakarma is known for the cleansing and rejuvenating of your body, mind and spirit. Panchakarma is a treatment program for the body, mind, and consciousness that cleanses and rejuvenates.
“Panchakarma” actually means “five actions or five treatments.” There are five primary treatments included in Panchakarma which we elaborate on below.
- Vamana
- Virechan
- Basti
- Nasyam
- Raktamoksha
Benefits of Panchakarma:
- Eliminate toxins and toxic conditions from your body and mind.
- Restore your constitutional balance improving health and wellness.
- Strengthen your immune system and become more resistant to illness.
- Reverse the negative effects of stress on your body and mind thereby slowing the aging process.
- Bring about deep relaxation and a sense of well-being.
Vaman (Therapeutic Vomiting)
Vaman treatment is targeted to remove Kapha Dosha out of the body.
This treatment involves therapeutic vomiting in order to eliminate excess of mucus from the respiratory and gastro-intestinal tract that causes excess of the kapha. The Vamana treatment helps to dislodge the toxins mainly from the respiratory and gastrointestinal tract.
Virechan (Purgation)
Virechan therapy can be defined as the medicated purgation therapy. The treatment is very useful for patients having High Pitta conditions such as skin disorders, blisters, abscess, liver disorders etc. The Virechana treatment is also very effective if Pitta associated with Kapha, where Pitta is the dominant Dosha such as certain types of vomiting, hyper-acidity, acid peptic disorders, etc. and Pitta associated with Vata, such as gout, a complex form of arthritis.
Akshi Tarpan [Netra (Eye) Basti]
Netra Basti / Akshitarpan (Ayurvedic Eyes Rejuvenation):- Askhi means eyes and tarpan means nourishment, giving strength to the eyes.
Benefits:
- It is said to be an excellent treatment to improve blurred vision.
- Removes dark circles beneath the eyes.
- Revitalises and rejuvenates tired, dry, rough and injured eyes.
- Reduces burning sensation.
- Strengthens the nerves and muscles of the eyes.
- Beneficial in Eye strain because of constant glaring of the computer or television screen, eye strain because of precision job like jewellery designing and long distance drive.
- Cleanses eyes by removing dirt from the cornea.
- Prevents formation of cataract
Greeva Basti (Neck Basti)
Greeva refers to the neck and Basti means to hold something inside. Due to present era lifestyle which involves continued and glued sitting position and lack of body movements the diseases of the spine, muscles and skeletal tissues of neck and shoulder arise. Greeva Basti treats these issues effectively. The therapeutic healing properties of medicated oil improves circulation, helps strengthen the musculature and lubricate the joint.
Indications:
- Chronic pain in neck region
- Cervical spondylosis
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Cervical disc lesions
- Disk prolapse
- Sprains and strains,
- Tension headaches and migraines
- Vertigo
- Frozen shoulder
- Tingling, numbness of the hands
- Fibromyalgia
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Spinal stenosis
Benefits:
- Calms, rejuvenates, and nourishes the nerves and muscle tissue around the neck and shoulders.
- Lubricates the cervical joint and Improves the flexibility and brings smooth movement.
- Relieves pain, inflammation and discomfort.
- Stimulates nerves and blood supply, which improves circulation around the neck and shoulder region.
Janu Basti (Knee Basti)
Janu Basti treatment involves herbal medicated oilsthat are poured for a certain duration of time in a particular part of the knee joint. The effect of the Janu Basti is enhanced and it helps the oil to penetrate deeply into the muscle tissues. This also helps to soften the stiff ligaments, muscles, and tendons to accelerate the repair of damaged tissue and eases the movement of the knee joint.
Conditions:
- Osteoarthritis of knee joints
- Frozen joints
- Osteoporosis
- Ligament tear
- Arthrosis of knee joints
- Chronic pain of the knee join
- ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) injury
- Knee Bursitis
- Patellar tendonitis
- Knee injury
- Old age-related degenerative changes in the knee joint.
Benefits:
- This ayurvedic therapy helps in relieving pain and stiffness within the knee joint and reduces swelling additionally as inflammation in the knee joint.
- Pacifies aggravated Vata dosha in the knee region.
- It also can be taken as a preventive treatment which will help to avoid degenerative changes and keeps your joints healthy.
- Restores the lubricating fluid within the joint and maintains the integrity of the structures involved in the joint.
- Protects knee joints from age-related change.
- Increases blood circulation; thus strengthens and nourishes the knee joints.
- Improves the mobility of the knee joints (knee flexion and knee extension)
Kati Basti (Lower Back Basti)
Kati Basti is an intensely soothing and effective treatment in which lukewarm, herbal medicated oil is applied on the lower back with the help of black gram flour dough.
Indications:
- Backpain
- Degenerative spine changes
- Osteoporosis
- Sciatica
- Shoulder pain
- Spinal cord compression.
- Hip pain
Benefits:
- The healing properties of the oil stimulate tissue repair and strengthen muscles, cartilage and bone.
- Restores the alignment of the spine.
- The intensive application of Medicated oil helps to reduce toxins accumulating in the muscle tissue.
- Medicated oil acts as an anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic.
- Medicated oil helps restore the cellular memory of the muscle tissue.
Nasyam
Nasyam is a treatment modality for upper respiratory tract problems. A special oil is used for this therapy, along with steam to remove toxins through the nostrils, so that you experience relief from symptoms resulting from these issues.Nasya is the cleansing of channels of the head and neck. It can also help balance the doshas, enhance the sense of smell, and promote relaxation.
Indications:
- chronic sinusitis
- hay fever
- respiratory disorders
- migraine,headaches
- cataracts
- aphonia, stress, and for mental and emotional health
Benefits:
- Provides relief from sinusitis, allergic bronchitis & asthma
- Effective for migraine headache
- It can also help balance the doshas, enhance the sense of smell, and promote relaxation.
Raktamokha
It is one of the five toxin-eliminating treatments that collectively are called panchakarma.
Rakta moksha can be administered by various means, depending on the ailment. It is used to treat skin disease, herpes, jaundice, abscesses, ulcers and gout, among other ailments.
There are two categories of rakta moksha therapy: shastra visravana(with the help of metal) and anushastra visravana(without metal)
There are four types of anushastra visravana:
- Jalouka vacharana – application of leeches to extract blood
- Alabu – a calabash gourd with a candle to create a vacuum over an area of pricked skin, thereby extracting blood
- Shrunga vacharana – use of a cow’s horn to suck the blood from the scratched skin
- Ghati yantra – similar to alabu, but a pot is used instead of a gourd.
There are two types of shastra visravana:
- Pracchana – scraping the skin to create several incisions
- Sira vedhana – removal of blood by puncturing the skin, also called venepuncture
Shirodhara
Shirodhara is a well-known ayurvedic treatment. The name of the treatment is derived from the sanskrit word – shiro (head) and dhara (flow) which is effective in improving neurological function, while helping you relax and sleep peacefully.
Benifits of Shirodhara
- Reduces stress and anxiety
- Induces sound sleep
- Improves blood supply to brain
- Promotes relaxation
- Effective for headache and depression.
