What are the Panchakarma procedures?
Answer
The following five procedures come under Panchakarma procedures.
- Vamana karma (Therapeutic emesis)
- Virechana karma (Therapeutic purgation)
- Anuvasana vasti (Oil/ unctuous enema)
- Asthapana vasti (Decoction based enema)
- Nasya karma (Nasal administration of medicaments).
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Before performing Panchakarma, preparatory procedures viz, Pachana (Digestion of toxic metabolites), Deepana (Increasing the digestive fire), snehana (oleation), swedana (fomentation) are essential. After performing Panchakarma, specific procedures, dietary regimen and lifestyles are required to be followed.