Ayurveda recommends Panchakarma as a seasonal treatment for maintaining mental and physical hygiene and balance. Panchakarma is a five-fold therapy; it is highly individualized based on the needs of the individual depending on the Ayurvedic constitutional type, doshic imbalances, age, digestive strength, immune status, and many other factors.
The scope of Panchakarma treatments are well known for its preventive, curative and rejuvenation action. Ayurveda classics have mentioned multidimensional actions like, it removes toxins out of the body, helps in treating the disease conditions, improves metabolism, nourishes the body and if taken regularly in a proper way it helps to increase the lifespan of an individual.
It is a medicated purification therapy done for treating gastrointestinal dysfunctions, skin diseases and other issues associated with excess pitta dosha in the body.
Duration: 10 days
Benefits: It helps root out:
Joint disorders, Gynecological disorders, Chronic Fever, Headaches, Asthma, Skin disorders, Diabetes, Digestive disorders.
It is a therapeutic emesis technique to cleanse excess kalpha dosha accumulated in the body and the respiratory tract which causes repeated bronchitis, colds, cough or asthama.
Duration: 10 days
Benefits: It helps root out:
Bronchial Asthma, Chronic Allergies, Hay Fever, Nasal Congestion.
It involves the administration of medicated oils/herbal decoctions through rectum. Basti is often called as the mother of all Panchakarma treatments since it flushes out the toxins from all the 3 doshas: Vata, Pitta and Kapha, through the colon.
Duration: 8-30 days
Benefits: It relieves
Digestive issues, chronic fever, kidney stones, heart pains, backache, joint pains, muscle spasms, headaches, Colitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Obesity.
It involves the administration of medicated oils through the nose to flush out the accumulated toxins from the head and neck areas.
Duration: 7 days
Benefits: It helps root out
Insomnia, pigmentation, pre-mature graying of hair, migraine, the stiffness of the neck, nasal allergies, and sinusitis.