Transcript Panchkarma

Panchkarma
(Shodhan Chikitsa)
Definition
Panchkarma as the name suggests consists of five
procedures which are following:
1.
Vaman (Emesis)
2.
Virechan (Purgation)
3.
Nasya (Putting oil in the nostrils)
4.
Anuvasan Basti (Enema with oil)
5.
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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Panchkarma
Poorvakarma
Pradhan karma
Pashchat karma
Snehan
Vaman
Swedan
Virechan
Nasya
Anuvasan Basti
Asthapan Basti
Poorva Karma
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Snehan (Abhyangam): It means oil massage.
It helps the toxins to move towards the gastrointestinal tract. This treatment is very useful
for obesity, loss of skin texture, sleeplessness,
fatigue, other vata predominant diseases etc.
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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.
Pradhan Karma
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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.
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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.
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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.
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For this procedure snehan swedan is done as poorva
karma.
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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.
Pashchat Karma
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It consists of sansarjan kram i.e. diet programme for
the period of one week.
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Lifestyle correction according to the dosha sthiti and
prakriti of an individual.
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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