Know your treatments/ Which panchakarma shall I Opt  

People approach Ayurveda center saying I want to get Panchakarma, in that lets throw a light on what is Panchakarma.

Panchakarma is often called a fivefold therapy. It is customized to suit every individual, based on the needs of the person.The type of Panchakarma needed is decided based on the disease induced individual’s doshic imbalances and also the individual constitutional type, age, digestive strength and immune strength.

Depending on the needs, all or only parts of the five therapies are utilized. Sometimes two or three of the therapies are linked together to form the basis of the treatment. The five karmas in Panchakarma are:

• Basti (enema)
• Virechan (purgation)
• Vaman (vomiting)
• Nasya (nasal application)
• Rakthamoksha (blood purification)
• Basti(medicated enema)- is used to treat the vata dosha in excess. The treatment is benefical for these who have increased dryness in their body in a healthy person too & for those implicated with the symptoms of  stiffness of joints and pain, dryness and cracking of joints, thinning of nails hairs and cracks in feet ,atrophy, emaciation of limbs,  insomnia, Loss of fetus(repeated abortion , ivf(In vitro fertilisation)failure), semen(azoospermia, etc ) and periods(irregular, PCOD), premature ejaculation, excess tiredness, different types of pain, constipation, flatulence repeated stomach aches,black coloration of the skin and some diseases like paralysis , scialtica , osteoarthritis , etc 
• Virechan (purgation)- Virechana treats excess pitta , increased pitta with not only with symptoms of gastritis , sour belchings, but manifests as mental burnout, irritability, impatience, and excess perfectionism. When not managed, these emotional triggers can manifest as physical pitta symptoms like inflammation, headaches, or skin eruption(acne and rashes),allergies, frequent, loose bowel movements. redness, and burning sensation in the eyes, premature greying and hairfall, heat intolerance with redness of face and excessive sweating with odour, excessive hunger and thirst intolerant to hot, etc  thus pitta imbalance manifest with eczema,, psoriasis, abscess, skin ageing, etc 
• Vaman (vomiting)-Vamana therapy is indicated in those who have excessive kapha in body which is implicated  by presence of cough , asthma and COPD, also the diseases of metabolic syndrome like Diabetes, Hypothyroidism, altered lipid profile with high cholesterol, triglycerides, low HDL who are put on statins (to avoid the regular intake)and breaks and clears the fat deposited in arteries and those who are on insulin higher doses and still sugar levels are not controlled to revert the insulin resisitance. 
• Nasya (Nasal administration of medicines )- Excess dosa accumulated in the particular sites like sinuses, upper respiratory tract, tonsils, nasal polyp, repeated headache and migraine, even indicated in stiffness of neck and back and also frozen shoulder cervical spondylitis etc
• Raktamaokshana: (Blood Letting )- useful in many infective wound, diabetic gangrene , abscess, impure blood, pustular acne etc this eases circulation removes itoxins and aid healing . @Ayurvaidya healthcare Vijaynagar Bangalore 9900398598