Ayurveda has hundreds of tools to help clean out these obstacles before they create imbalances that provoke disease. Pancakarma is one of the most famous, and is a pillar in annual schedules of families that have seen its benefits. Pancakarma (panca, five; karma, action) are the five actions that provide deep cleaning to the body. They include vamana, therapeutic emesis guided and fully supervised by a physician monitoring mucous output, once the upper gut is cleared; virechana, therapeutic purgation using powerful laxatives, guided by and stopped when needed, once the lower gut is cleared; basti, therapeutic nourishing and cleansing of the lower gut through careful placement of herbal medicines in the rectum and lower intestines, either oil-based or water-based; and nasya, therapeutic cleaning of the HEENT, all the channels in the head, and sense organs above the collar bones.
Removing Dirt using Panchakarma
Removing Dirt using Panchakarma
Removing Dirt using Panchakarma
Ayurveda has hundreds of tools to help clean out these obstacles before they create imbalances that provoke disease. Pancakarma is one of the most famous, and is a pillar in annual schedules of families that have seen its benefits. Pancakarma (panca, five; karma, action) are the five actions that provide deep cleaning to the body. They include vamana, therapeutic emesis guided and fully supervised by a physician monitoring mucous output, once the upper gut is cleared; virechana, therapeutic purgation using powerful laxatives, guided by and stopped when needed, once the lower gut is cleared; basti, therapeutic nourishing and cleansing of the lower gut through careful placement of herbal medicines in the rectum and lower intestines, either oil-based or water-based; and nasya, therapeutic cleaning of the HEENT, all the channels in the head, and sense organs above the collar bones.