What Are The Steps Involved In Panchakarma?

Panchakarma Ayurveda includes three steps:

1. Preliminary (Palliative) employing oil and sweating methods (Snehana and Svedhana)

2. Primary purificatory practices (panchakarma)

3. Post Panchakarma therapies.

What Does Panchakarma Do for The Body?

It is the solution to get rid of all impurities and toxins from the body and thus purifying the mind, body and soul. Additionally, it helps to achieve a healthy and stress-free body while balancing the vitiated doshas.

Which Oils Are Used In Panchakarma?

There are a variety of single or medicated oils that are used in various therapies in Panchakarma. They are decided as per the therapy or the requirement of the person. Abhyanga may require pure Sesame oil or Sunflower oil. Sahacharadi tailam, Mahanarayan tailam are also a few of the medicated oils used as per the concerns.

How Long Does Panchakarma Treatment Take?

Due to its invasive and elaborate methodology, the duration of the treatment depends on the concern and the acuteness of the illness of a person.

Is Panchakarma Helpful?

Ayurveda offers unique therapeutic measures that heal mild and chronic diseases. Even diseases that are believed to be incurable by modern medicine have been healed. The most deeply seated toxins that cause diseases are heavy and sticky, lodging in the deepest tissue layers. Panchakarma permanently eliminates these toxins from the body, allowing healing and restoration of the tissues, channels, digestion, and mental functions.

Can I Do Panchakarma Treatment At Home?

Certain pre and post procedures can be done at home like consuming Ghee,  Snehana (oleation) or Svedana (fomentation) and post operative procedure of including rice water, kanji, khichari etc. in your diet after the detox. However, the main operative procedure requires supervision and will require a certified Ayurveda physician to overlook the entire process.

Who Needs Panchakarma?

Panchakarma is for everyone. None of us is exempt from our day-to-day hectic lifestyles. It is a dynamic procedure to cleanse the body from inside out to rid out the body and mind from all the toxins gradually accumulated over a period of time.

Can We Sleep During Panchakarma?

You can rest during the purva (preoperative) and the paschat (post-operative) care however during the pradhana (operative) or the main procedure you will need to be alert, and it can be exhausting as you will need to force out the accumulated toxins from the body.

Which Season Is Best For Panchakarma?

Panchakarma therapy consists of 5 therapies which are ideally suggested according to the person’s chronic illness condition.  The vamana is done in the vasant ritu, phlebotomy is done in Sharad ritu, Nasya is for all seasons expect when it is cloudy, Virechan is for Sharad ritu, and Basti therapy is for all seasons. However, if there is an acute condition, the physician can perform the Panchakarma on priority in any season.