Panchakarma (meaning "five actions") is a detoxification procedure developed in India.
Wonder!
It is an amazing treatment procedure benefiting people of all age and problems. It is slow treatment method, but the benefits lasts for a life time without any side effects.
It increases body's immunity
It is one of the best treatment procedure to increase body's immunity. It cleanses the internal toxins and give you better health. Thousands of tourists visit India for panchakarma treatments. It is usually undertaken under the guidance of qualified ayurvedic physician.
Benefits everyone!
People in old age who are suffering from diseases like constipation, diabetes, hypertension, insomnia and paralysis benefit from this procedure. It is also good for heart patients.
There is no disease in this world that cannot be treated by Panchakarma.
Because it helps in increasing body's ability to fight diseases. It also rejuvenates body's cells and actually reverse your age upto 10 years.
It literally means five actions or procedures that include diet related regimen to ward off toxins from the body.
Panchakarma means five actions
These five actions or therapeutic procedure includes fasting, oil massage using different type of equipment.
These five actions are as mentioned in charaka samhita
- Nasya (nasal therapy) - helps in inomnia and anxiety
- Vamana (emesis or vomiting), - helps in stomach cleansing and acidity
- Virechana (purging) helps in cleaning the colon, helps in increasing body's immunity and disorders like inflammation etc.
- Vasti (therapeutic enema), Nirooha Vasti and Sneha Vasti helps in increasing muscle strength and removing toxins from the body.
- Herbal decoctions (also known as kadhaa) are used for Nirooha Vasti and herbal oils for Sneha Vasti.
These are the five major procedures in Panchakarma. It results into purify the whole body and soul by detoxification and removal of the accumulated toxins in the intestines as well as other body pores.
Rakta dosha (purifying the blood)
Surgeon Sushruta, imbalances in the blood can also cause diseases. Raktamokshana or bloodletting is another procedure that helps in curing diseases. Blood letting however is not as much popular as compared to other treatment methods. Leeching however is still practiced with benefits to people.
Aim of the procedure
These five steps aim at shodhana (cleansing) of the pores inside the body. During abhyanga massage. Warm sesame oils are used that help in melting away the toxins stored in different parts of the body. Usually a group of people massage the body parts especially the head and back. Legs are also given special importance.
It is so good that it helps in reducing problems related to digestion and strengthens the liver which in turn increases body's ability to fight of diseases.
Liver is main factor for good health
According to Ayurveda, liver health is one of the major factor in anyone's good health. It is said that liver can convert poison into healthy food if it is strong and healthy condition. An unhealthy liver may turn healthy food into poison or harmful food.
We must do everything to detoxify the liver and giving rests so that it can rejuvenate its power. It also helps in increasing body's metabolism and increasing body's digestive fire.
Reversing your age
It is one of the most popular ways to reverse age.
More about the procedure
- The whole panchakarma procedure is usually a residential program that is flexible according to needs and requirements of an individual but for your best benefit you must stay in the ashram for 30 days.
- Doctor may prescribe some measures and rules to follow one month before and after the treatment. This is done to prepare the body for treatment.
- During the treatment you must not indulge into any kind of work or sexual activity. It is a complete rest phase. A vegetarian yogic is usually given enough to provide essential nutrients to the body.
- Herbal decoctions are used to remove any bacterial or viral infection inside the body.
- Khichdi recipe of rice and moong daal is most popular fruit during the treatment.
- A person is also given orange juice as it really helps in building body's strength.
- It can help you in losing weight and burning extra fat in the body.
- It can help you in gaining good skin tone color and increase your stamina in sports and other physical activity like dance.
- It is a rejuvination not only for the body but also for the mind.
Psychological benefits
A patient undergoing panchakarma should abstain from any stress. He is advised to read holy books be it bible, quran or gita. Meditation and Yoga can triple-fold the benefits
You cannot listen to music or watch in general and to get maximum benefit you must abstain from doing so. But it always a good idea to listen to hindustani classical music music therapy as it can also help you in relieving from stress and rest your mind.
Flush out the thoughts
According to Ayurveda. The disease root cause is in the mind and our thoughts. People who are happy are less likely to get ill. This is a proven fact which even modern medicine accepts.
A proper panchakarma treatment can flush out the fears, anxieties and sorrows in your mind. So it is always better to conduct panchakarma in a religious offering like ashrama or dharamshala which follows simple lifestyle and far from worldly pleasures.
Cure addiction
It is said that after undergoing panchakarma a person wants to quit smoking or alcohol. The body is so pure that it become as pure as virgin. So if you drink alcohol or smoke after panchakarma you will feel that you are doing it for the first time. In most cases you will not even touch it again.
Note:
Ayurevda suggests usage of alcohol as a sedative that helps in increasing body's strength. But only in limited quantities. There is no indication or information available about smoking.
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