Panchkarma

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Panchkarma(Shodhan Chikitsa)
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Definition

• Panchkarma as the name suggests consists of five
  procedures which are following
• Vaman (Emesis)
• Virechan (Purgation)
• Nasya (Putting oil in the nostrils)
• Anuvasan Basti (Enema with oil)
• Aasthapan Basti (Enema with decoction)
• All the above procedures are meant for the
  purification
• of body which in turn helps to get rid of several
  severe
• and chronic diseases.

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Poorva Karma

• Snehan (Abhyangam) It means oil massage. It
  helps the toxins to move towards the
  gastro-intestinal tract. This treatment is very
  useful for obesity, loss of skin texture,
  sleeplessness, fatigue, other vata predominant
  diseases etc.
• Swedan (Ayurvedic Medicated Steam Bath) This is
  a unique treatment procedure in which leaves of
  medicated plants are boiled resulting in steam
  that is passed to the box in which the patient is
  sitting. This treatment is helpful to eliminate
  impurities from the body, reducing fat and also
  helpful in some skin diseases.

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Pradhan Karma

• Vaman (Emesis) It is the procedure in which the
  patient/healthy individual is made to vomit with
  the help of herbal decoctions.
• Prior to this patient/healthy individual is given
  ghrit to take for 3,5 or 7 days respectively for
  the sake of internal snehan and external snehan
  is also done in the form of abhyang along with
  swedan.
• Vaman is given to those suffering from kapha
  dosha predominant diseases such as naveen jvar,
  atisaar, kushtha, prameh, unmaad, kaas, tamak
  shwas, hrullas, visarp, stanya vikar,
  oordhvajatrugat rog.

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• Virechan (Purgation) It is the procedure in
  which a patient/healthy individual is given
  purgatives to undergo motions. A patient might
  undergo 10 to 30 motions in a day.
• Prior to this patient/healthy individual is given
  ghrit to take for 3,5 or 7 days respectively for
  the sake of internal snehan as in vaman.
• It is used in pitta dosha predominant diseases
  such as gulma, arsha, vyanga, kamla, jeerna jvar,
  udar roga, chardi, kushtha, prameha, mootraghat,
  visarp, unmaad, kaas, shwas, krumi rog, vaatrakta

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• Nasya It is the procedure in which oil is put
  each nostril of the diseased/healthy individual.
• Snehan and swedan of oordhvajatrugat part of the
  body is done prior to this procedure.
• It is used to deal with oordhvajatrugat diseases
  such as headache, migraine, hair loss, graying of
  hair, weak eyesight, sinusitis.

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• Anuvasan Basti (Enema with oil) In this process
  enema is given to the patient with medicated oil.
• For this procedure snehan swedan is done as
  poorva karma.
• It is used in patients suffering from vata dosha
  predominant diseases such as gulma, anaah,
  arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, sports injuries
  or any type of accidental injury, spondilosys
  (cervical and lumbar)

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• Aasthapan Basti In this process enema is given
  to the patient with herbal decoction.
• For this procedure snehan swedan is done as
  poorva karma.
• It is used in patients suffering from vata dosha
  predominant diseases such as gulma, anaah,
  arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, sports injuries
  or any type of accidental injury, spondilosys
  (cervical and lumbar).
• Anuvasan and aasthapan basti are given together
  in combination on alternate days. These are given
  in combination for 8,15 or 30 days depending on
  the condition of the disease.

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Pashchat Karma

• It consists of sansarjan kram i.e. diet programme
  for the period of one week.
• Lifestyle correction according to the dosha
  sthiti and prakriti of an individual.

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Sansarjan Kram
Day Morning Evening
Day 1 Mand Mand
Day 2 Mand Peya
Day 3 Peya Peya
Day 4 Vilepi Vilepi
Day 5 Vilepi Akrit yush
Day 6 Akrit yush Akrit yush
Day 7 Krit yush Krit yush
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