Panchakarma

Panchakarma ("Pancha" means five and "karma" means treatment) is done to detoxify the body according to Ayurveda.[1] The five procedures are claimed to eliminate the vitiated Doshas from the body.[2] They are Vamana (Emesis),[3] Virechana (Purgation), Niroohavasti (Decoction enema), Nasya (Instillation of medicine through nostrils), and Anuvasanavasti (Oil enema).[4][5] Nirooha, Anuvasana and Uttaravasthi[6] form the basic types of Vasti. The term Panchasodhana includes Vamana, Virechana, Nasya, Nirooha, and Rakthamoksha (Blood letting).[5]

Pre Panchakarma procedures

It is important to prepare the body before carrying out these Pancahkarmas. The following process is followed before carrying out the Panchakarma procedure

Snehana: Snehana means Oleation or to make smooth. (मार्दव)

Swedana: This procedure is very important to liquefy the vitiated Doshas inside the body (which are already made soft by oleation / स्नेहन procedure), later to be brought to Koshtha (कोष्ठ), which will be eliminated by inducing either Vamana / Virechana.

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References

  1. ↑ Mishra L, Singh BB, Dagenais S., Altern Ther Health Med. 2001 Mar Healthcare and disease management in Ayurveda (Archived on 25 May 2013)
  2. ↑ Sharma, A. K. (2003). "Panchkarma Therapy in Ayurvedic Medicine". In Mishra, Lakshmi Chandra. Scientific Basis for Ayurvedic Therapies. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. 43. ISBN 0-8493-1366-X.
  3. ↑ Gupta B, Mahapatra SC, Makhija R, Kumar A, Jirankalgikar N, Padhi MM, Devalla RB, Ayu. 2011 Observations on Vamana procedure in healthy volunteers (Archived on 25 May 2013)
  4. ↑ Samhita, Sharangadhara (2006). "Nasya Vidhi Uttarakhanda 8/63". In Parashuram Shastri Vidyasagar. Sharangadhara Samhita Bhishakvara Adhamalla virachita Deepika-Pandit Kasiram vaidya virachita-gudhartha deepika ya cha samvalita (2006 ed.). Varanasi, India: Chaukambha Surabharathi Prakashan. p. 346.
  5. 1 2 Hridaya, Ashtanga (2009). "Siravyadha vidhi Suthrasthana 27/8,Dwividhopakramaneeyam Suthrasthana 14/5". In Bhishagacharya Harishastri Paradkar Vaidya. Ashtanaga Hridaya Srimad Arunadatta virachita Sarvangasundarakhya vyakhyaya Hemadri praneetaya Ayurveda Rasayanakhya teekaya cha samullasitham. Varanasi, India: Chowkhamba Krishnadas Academy. p. 327, 223. ISBN 81-218-0046-3.
  6. ↑ Samgraha, Ashtanga (2012). "Vasthi Vidhi Suthrasthana 28/5". In Dr Shivprasad Sharma. Ashtanaga Samgraha Indu virachita Sasilekha vyakhyaya samanvita. Varanasi, India: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office. p. 213. ISBN 81-7080-186-9.
  7. ↑ http://ayurvedamysore.org/treatments/panchakarma/
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