Panchakarma

Panchakarma

The five classical procedures of Ayurvedic detoxification and rejuvenation, prescribed selectively, never as a package.

The five procedures

Panchakarma

Panchakarma is not a package. Dr. Megha selects which of the five your condition and constitution call for, often one or two, rarely all five.

Preparation for Vamana

Therapeutic emesis

Vamana

Supervised therapeutic vomiting that clears accumulated Kapha from the chest and stomach, the first of the five procedures.

Preparation for Virechana

Therapeutic purgation

Virechana

Controlled medicated purgation that clears Pitta from the liver, gallbladder and small intestine, the most widely applicable of the five.

Preparation for Nasya

Nasal administration

Nasya

Medicated oil or powder administered through the nostrils, the direct route to everything above the collarbone.

Preparation for Basti Chikitsa

Medicated enema

Basti Chikitsa

Medicated decoction and oil administered rectally, classically regarded as half of all Ayurvedic treatment, and the principal therapy for Vata.

Preparation for Raktamokshana

Therapeutic bloodletting

Raktamokshana

Controlled removal of a small quantity of blood, most often by medicinal leech, precise, local, and frequently the fastest route to relief.