Ayurvedic Panchkarma by BAMS Ayurvedic Doctor

A Pleasant Prescription for Mind/Body Health How can a ritual so luxuriously relaxing, so blissfully comforting as a full-body warm oil massage, rev up your body and mind, gearing them up for peak performance? There is an explanation for the seeming contradiction….

In Swedna Therapy fifty four herbs in a senitive proportion are mixed together and wrapped in a cloth forming herbal pudding as a small herbal bag and dipped in Ayurvedic medicines in the form of hot oils known as Thylam and applied…

Panchakarma is an important component of Ayurvedic treatment, which eliminates vitiated doshas from the body. Vamana, a Pradhana karma of Panchakarma, is an important Samshodhana procedure (bio-cleansing method) recommended for cleansing of bahudoshas. In modern times, Ahara, Agni, Bala and Vyayama Shakti…

Virechana is the procedure by which the vitiated Doshas are eliminated through the anal route. It is the treatment of choice for Pitta predominant conditions. Virachana therapy is defined as the medicated purgation therapy, which cleanses the Pitta and purifies blood, by…

Nasya treatment refers to an Ayurvedic therapy that includes instillation of herbal oils, juices or powders through the nasal route. It works specifically on disorders of ear, nose and throat. Nasya is one among the five Panchakarma therapies. It is especially desirable…

Shirodhara is a form of Ayurveda therapy that involves gently pouring liquids over the forehead and can be one of the steps involved in Panchakarma. The name comes from the Sanskrit words shiro (head) and dhara (flow). The liquids used in shirodhara depend on what is being treated, but can include oil,…

The knee joint is called Janu Sandhi in Sanskrit; hence the name Janu Basti  is given to the proceduredone on knee joints. In this the knee joint is bathed with warm medicated oil or freshly prepared herbal decoction. Depending on the condition it can be practiced…

Siro Basti is a oil massage and steam treatment of the head. It nourishes the central nervous system. It is performed with help of warm medicated Ayurveda oil. It is helpful in management of Brain atrophy, Cerebellar Ataxia, Paralysis, speech loss, difficulty in…

Basti is a Sanskrit word and one of the meanings is ‘vessel’. The use of dough dams, or Basti, in Ayurveda is a unique therapy which allows a specific area of the body to be saturated with medicated oil.  When we treat…

It is also called as ‘Greeva-basti’. The sanskrit word ‘Manya’ or ‘Greeva’ means neck and ‘basti’ means retaining the medicated or herbal oil. It is a centred neck treatment which is useful to alleviate pain, stiffness, and cervical compressions. This is achieved…

Medicated enema is particularly good for alleviating excess Vata. Vasti’s effects are directly felt in the colon, the prime abode of the Vata. With the application of a series of purifying and nourishing Vastis, the morbid doshas and other toxins trapped for…

Kati Basti is a procedure in which comfortably warm medicated oil is kept over the lumbosacral area or any adjacent part for a certain period of time with the help of a specially formed frame ring prepared from black gram powder. In…