Ayurveda Panchakarma
Panchakarma means five therapies, the in house treatment for healthy and unhealthy as well. The Panchakarma is a curative line of management plan for all diseases, which are not amenable to palliative management. The pathogenesis of almost all diseases follow a general pattern either from Amashaya (stomach) or Pakwashya (large intestines) abode or site of digestion and digestive food respectively. The one two or all of three doshas get vitiated & spread to one or more specific immuno- compromised site and develop the disease entity.
Here it explains the need of Panchakarma, because by these five therapies in a series or one or two therapies as selected management plan by qualified panchkarma specialist these vitiated doshas are expelled out from the body and thus body gets purified and free from circulating toxins. By vitiated doshas we mean the morbid matter. The five therapies or procedures for elimination of vitiated doshas from the body are the modes of purification of doshas and channels.
VAMANA THERAPY (Emesis)
Vamana i.e. process of Emesis is used to clean se the kapha from the body. It is used for the kapha disorder. It is also helpful to control certain pitta disorder i.e. digestion related problems. In Ayurvedic Panchakarma kapha scattered all over the body is bought in the stomach by using various pre-panchakarma treatments like snehana and swedana. It is also applicable on chest and mouth and relieves from congestion & mucus plugs.
VIRECHANA THERAPY (Puragtion )
The middle part of our body navel area is the main site of pitta. In the process of purgation the digestive systems is cleaned. It helps to improve the working of pitta in the body. We have already seen that Virechana is the best treatment for pitta problems. It also acts on vata and kapha problems.
The middle part of our body navel area is the main site of pitta. In the process of purgation the digestive systems is cleaned. It helps to improve the working of pitta in the body. We have already seen that Virechana is the best treatment for pitta problems. It also acts on vata and kapha problems.
BASTI OR VASTI (Medicated enemas):
It is a high colonic cleansing proess. Basti is most treatment of Panchakarma group of treatments. Basti is very good treatment all vata type problems. It is very good for other two Doshas i.e. kapha and pitta as well. It acts on all sorts of aches and pains, joint pains, arthritis, lumbago, spondylitis, chronic constipation.
NASYA (Nasal insufflations)
This is a separated independent therapy for problems of orgns in the head region. Nasya therapy is beneficial for all three doshas and it act specially vata and kapha. Nasya which is done by ayurvedic expert as a Panchkarma therapy acts on tarpaka kapha and usefull in condition like hemicranias, headache, facial paralysis etc.
RAKTA MOKSHAN (Blood letting)
This is done as a final therapy in Panchakarma. Rakta Mokshan is usefill for pitta disorder, various diseases, related to blood, hypertension, acne, pimples, leucoderma, pigmentation, swelling, inflammation, skin diseases, liver, and spleen disorder, non healing ulcers, heat boils, allergies, skin rashes, etc.
These five therapies/ Panchakarma are always preceded by pre procedure, eliminative measure such as SNEHANA (oleation) & SWEDANA (sudation) by different classical means. The purpose of pre-procedures to prepare the person for main five therapies and by these we achieve in principle the traction of peripheral doshas to central part of the body that is gastro intestinal tract. After Panchakarma therapies the SANSARJANA Karma, the post operative procedure must be followed to get a complete cure by achieving the well stimulated agni that is digestive fire and enhanced resistance of the person.
WHY PANCHAKARMA :
- to eliminate the toxic matter from the body.
- to enhance the power of digestion and metabolism.
- to get rid of diseases from the very root out of the systems.
- to restore normal health .
- to gain the strength, increase the virility and improve the progeny.
- to have more clearer complexion.
- to increase the power of sense organs and motor organs.
