Ayurveda Panchakarma Treatments

n Ayurveda Panchakarma is an important treatment.   Vamana (vomiting), virechana(purging), basthi(therapeutic enema), Nasya karma (Nasal therapy)and Raktamokshana (therapeutic bloodletting). These are the five Panchakarma treatments.Purva Karma (Pre-treatment)Snehana (Oil therapy), massage and fomentation therapy these are the Purva karma treatments. The sneha is given with herbs is to help a particular patient's disease. If sneha is given without adding herbs is called achcha sneha. This type of treatment is more powerfull.

 The procedure of these treatments is two therapists massage on either side of the patients who lies on a wooden bed.Depending on the disease svedana is given to the patient for cleaning the whole part of the body. Svedana is conducted for amplify channels in the body to facilitate the movement of the ama towards the koshta. Fomentation covers both dry and sticky materials (snigha dravyas). After this treatment doshas will be liquefied. Svedana conducted after abhyanga. After completing all these treatments the patients will ready for the next stage that is vamana and other procedures.

Panchakarma is a purifying therapy to improve the metabolic process through food and herbal medicines. Panchakarma treatment is mainly used to balance the tri-Doshas that are vatha pitha and kapha.The Panchakarma treatment contains three stages Purva karma (Pre-treatment), Pradhama karma (Primary-treatment) and Paschath karma (After-treatment).These three stages are must followed by the patient who choose any one of the five therapies.The maximum days of snehana treatment is seven days and this conducted in early morning. Oil massage (abhyangha) is an important treatment in ayurveda.