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Panchkarma
Ayurveda offers ways you can cleanse the body of ama such as Panchkarma.












The Benefits of Panchakarma

Panchakarma (five actions)is a cleansing and rejuvenating program for the body, mind and consciousness. It is known for its beneficial effects on overall health, wellness and self-healing.

You can benefit in the following ways:
  • Elliminate toxins and toxic conditions from your body and mind
  • Restore your conditional balance improving health and wellness
  • Strengthen your immune system and become more resistant to illness
  • Reverse the negative effects of sress on your body and mind
  • Slow the aging process
  • Enhance your self-reliance,strength,energy,vitality and mentall clarity
  • Bring about deep relaxation and a sense of well-being
  • Reduce dependence on drugs and medicine
  • Implement positive lifestyle changes
Panchkarma Means

Panchakarma is a Sanskrit word where pancha means five and karma refers to the therapeutic measures. Thus, panchakarma means five types of therapeutic measures. The panchakarma therapy of Ayurveda comprises of five basic types of advanced treatment to eliminate toxic matter from the body. It is part of a group of therapies belonging to a class of cleansing procedures known as shodan.

Ayurvedic Treatment
The treatment in Ayurveda consists of four basic forms-

  • Drug therapy
  • Panchakarma
  • Dietary routine
  • Regulation of lifestyle.



It works in two ways of cure and prevention.
The preventive aspect personal hygiene that further consists of daily routine, seasonal corrections and appropriate behaviour.

The curative aspect consists of internal medicine that includes internal purification through panchakarma , external medicine as massage, use of pastes and powders and lastly.. The surgical treatment

Three Part of Panchkarma

  • Purvakarma

  • Pradhankarma

  • Pashcatkaram

For every action its necessary to prepare the body first. In order to start the process of purification there is a need to prepare the body to encourage the body to allow the toxins to move from the body.

It involves three steps:-

  • The pradhankarma karma is the main method and it includes vaman, virechan, basti, and nasya and rakta mokshan.

  • The pashchat karma is the post therapeutic measures that include sansarjan karma, dhuman pana and some other rules to follow the specific activities.

  • Therefore, the deep cleansing process of panchakarma enables the body to release excess dosha and toxins from the body and mind. The therapy of panchakarma basically denotes detoxification or elimination of toxins from the body.

The various benefits of panchakarma are

  • Vamana 
  • Viracana
  •  Vasti 
  • Nasya
  •  raktamokshana

Panchakarma is intended to be a time when one stops the routine of daily life and take time for one. It is a moment to unwind and release long held toxins, worries and memories. This is an opportunity for one to create optimal good health in all areas of life. A time to reflect on life and determine if the life we are living is truly good for us, and if it is not, a time to change our direction to one more positive .

The various benefits of panchakarma are:

  • Helps in removing accumulated toxins

  • removes all body aches and pains

  • Increases energy

  • Improves strength of digestive ability

  • Anti-aging and longevity

  • Boosts immunity

  • Provides calmness to the mind, body and soul

  • Prevents various chronic health problems

  • Provides clarity to the thoughts and mind.

Panchakarma  a form of treatment  in Ayurveda where treatment is done by using various procedures like massage, steam, medicated enemas etc. This treatment constitutes of five basic forms of treatment each of which is known as a karma.

These five basic procedures are :-

  • Medicated vomiting (vamana) to remove excess kapha

  • Therapeutic purgation (viracana) to clear excess pitta

  • Medicated loose motionr (vasti) to eject excess vata

  • Nasal drops or snuffs (nasya) for diseases of the head

  • Bloodletting (raktamokshana) in case of blood disorders

In Ayurveda physical and mental diseases occur due to the vitation of somatic doshas vata, pitta and kapha and due to mental doshas rajas and tamas. Panchakarma is a process in which these accumulated substances are removed from the body by direct intervention.

Kapha Removed Vaman
Due to improper food habits like excessive eating, eating too many cold foods, hard to digest foods, remaining in a cold environment for a long time without proper precaution etc leads to accumulation of excessive phlegm in the body. This is called as kapha in Ayurveda. The process by which this excessive phlegm is removed is called as vaman.

Pitta removed by virechan 

The process by which this excessive phlegm is removed is called as vaman. The excessive eating of sour or bitter foods, too much hot foods, traveling in the sun or remaining in the sun for a longer period of time results in pitta accumulation.The excessive pitta is removed by the process virechan.

vata removed by basti 

The vata gets accumulated in the body due to excessive traveling, excessive physical work, and eating dry foods. The excessive vata is removed by the process basti from the body.

nasya and raktamokshan

When any of the three doshas get accumulated in the head region it is removed by nasal cavity by the process nasya. The raktamokshan process is used to remove the excess of any of the doshas from the blood.

Thus, panchakarmas purificatory therapies balance out the three doshas, acting both as a curative and a preventive measure.

BENEFIT OF PANCHAKARMA THERAPY

The various benefits of panchakarma are:

Panchakarma is intended to be a time when one stops the routine of daily life and take time for one. It is a moment to unwind and release long held toxins, worries and memories. This is an opportunity for one to create optimal good health in all areas of life. A time to reflect on life and determine if the life we are living is truly good for us, and if it is not, a time to change our direction to one more positive .

  • Helps in removing accumulated toxins

  • Removes all body aches and

  • pains Increases energy

  • Improves strength of digestive ability

  • Anti-aging and longevity

  • Boosts immunity

  • Provides calmness to the mind, body and soul

  • Prevents various chronic health problems

  • Provides clarity to the thoughts and mind.

Panchakarma is a Process of Treatment

Panchakarma  a form of treatment in Ayurveda where treatment is done by using various procedures like massage, steam, medicated enemas etc. This treatment constitutes of five basic forms of treatment each of which is known as a karma. These five basic procedures are

  • Medicated vomiting (vamana)

  • to remove excess kaph Therapeutic purgation (viracana)

  • to clear excess pitta Medicated loose motionr (vasti)

  • to eject excess vataNasal drops or snuffs (nasya)

  • for diseases of the head neck Bloodletting

  • (raktamokshana) in case of blood disorders

In Ayurveda physical and mental diseases occur due to the vitation of somatic doshas vata, pitta and kapha and due to mental doshas rajas and tamas. Panchakarma is a process in which these accumulated substances are removed from the body by direct intervention.

Why Panchakarma is needed

Panchakarma is a Process of Treatment

In Present day city life there is lot of dinner lunch out side home. Hotels Restroent are attracting customers by projecting test & change of test fast food and excess of protein food different type of meat eating wine ( Tamni food)

 Due to improper food habits like excessive eating, eating too many cold foods, hard to digest foods, remaining in a cold environment for a long time without proper precaution etc leads to accumulation of excessive phlegm in the body.

This is called as kaphain Ayurveda. The process by which this excessive phlegm is removed is called as vaman. The excessive eating of sour or bitter foods, too much hot foods, traveling in the sun or remaining in the sun for a longer period of time results in pitta accumulation. The excessive pitta is removed by the process virechan. The vata gets accumulated in the body due to excessive traveling, excessive physical work, and eating dry foods. The excessive vata is removed by the process basti from the body. When any of the three doshas get accumulated in the head region it is removed by nasal cavity by the process nasya. The raktamokshan process is used to remove the excess of any of the doshas from the blood.

Thus, panchakarmas purificatory therapies balance out the three doshas, acting both as a curative and a preventive measure.


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