Panchakarma - three humours into balance
Description
In sanskrit pancha means Five & Karma means action. Panchakarma is a five fold purification therapy, designed to assist the body in internal cleansing process by eliminating the toxins, wastes & other excesses to bring the supportive forces of life, the “tridoshas”- the three humours (vata, pitta & kapha) into balance.
Our food habits, hectic routines & unhealthy habits causes accumulation of toxins which can create imbalance of tridoshas in body. There are 2 modalities to restore the balance - shamana & shodhana. When the dosha vitiation is less it can be balanced with medicines, diet & life style this is shamana.
On the contrary, when body accumulates excessive toxins and is unable to excrete them naturally, then with the help of panchakarma, snehana & swedana methods these toxins are driven out from the body. Panchakarma has both curative & rejuvenating effect on body.
Also, shamana chikitsa done after shodhana has many folds effects as shodhana cleanses one’s system making it more suitable for the medicines to act.
- Vamana - Elimination of vitiated kapha dosha
- Virechana - For aggravated pitta dosha
- Basti - To pacify or expel vitiated vata dosha
- Nasyam - for excess kapha dosha accumulated in supra clavicular region
- Rakta mokshana- for the impurities of blood.
