16/10/2018
PANCHAKARMA
Pancha in Sanskrit stands for Five and Karma are the therapeutic measures, therefore Panchakarma means five types of therapeutic measures. These are undertaken for the purification of the body and Ayurveda considers it necessary before the start of any other therapy. The logic being that as a cloth needs to be purified or cleaned of impurities and dust before it can be permeated with a new color, similarly the body need
Consists of Nasyam [medication through nostrils] Vamanam[emesis therapy],
Virechanam[purgation therapy]
Vasthi[medicated oil e***a]
Rakthamoksha[Blood letting process].