A REVIEW ARTICLE – PANCHAKARMA (DETOXIFICATION) SHODHAN KARMA

Abstract

Panchakarma is a specialty of Kayachikitsa (medicine). Pancha means "five" and Karma means "action", so Panchakarma means five actions. Panchakarma (five main biopurification therapies) a) Vamana, b) Virechana, c) Basti, d) Nasya, e) Raktastrav. These five procedures serve to cleanse the body internally in the closest possible way. In this article we discuss detoxification related to Ayurvedic Samhita.