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Ayurvedic treatment can be broadly classified into two:
Sodhana Chikilsa (Purification Therapy)
Shamana Chikilsa (Alleviating Therapy)
Also diseases can be diagnosed in either eight steps or ten steps
Sodhana Chikilsa
Sodhana Chikilsa involves the removal of toxic byproducts formed in the body through various therapeutic procedures. By undergoing the five procedures involved in the therapy, known as Pancha Karma, the normal tone is brought back to the system and a balance is attained.
1. Vamana (Emesis Therapy)
Internal medicines are administered to induce vomiting
2. Virechana (Purgation Therapy)
Internal medicines are administered to induce purgation
3. Nasyam (Nasal Medication)
Herbal Medicines in the form of oil or powder is administrated through the nostril
4. Vasthy (Medicated enema therapy)
Herbal medicines in the form of decoction or oil is administered through anus.
5. Rakthamoksham (Blood letting therapy)
Impure blood is drained out of the body through needle-pricking, venesection, leaching etc.
Preparatory Procedure
Before Pancha Karma, the toxic elements in the body are loosened and made ready to be removed using the following therapies
1. Snehana Karma (Oleation Therapy)
In this procedure oil and ghee preparations are used externally and internally. The different procedures include
Snehapanam
Abhyangam
Sirovasthy
Sirodhara
Pizhichil etc.
2. Swedana Karma (Sudation Therapy)
Done in association with Snehana Karma, the various therapies coming under Swedana Karma include:
Njavarakizhi
Pizhichil
Elakizhi
Choornasweda
Steam Bath
Hot Herbal Bath etc.
Shamana Chikilsa
This therapy is done after Sodhana Chikilsa and involves the usage of herbal medicines, both externally and internally and thus restoring normality without elimination.
Ayurveda also recommends therapies for proper body care. Some of the important body care therapies include:
AYURVEDIC TREATMENT
Naturopathy deals with the healing power of nature since it believes that all healing powers are within your body. This means that within every human organism there is a healing energy, which includes our immune system in the fuller sense of both the physical and the psyche, which is responsible for our wellness and our ability to heal and maintain health. Since we fall ill only when we go against Nature, the cause of diseases (toxins) is expelled from the body to cure it. Fasting has been described as Nature's way to recover. A thorough rest, which includes fasting, is the most favorable condition in which an ailing body can purify and recoup itself.
Following this first premise is the second, that the therapies used to support and stimulate this healing power of nature must be in "the gentlest, least invasive, most efficient manner possible".
The third Naturopathic premise is "to diagnose and treat the cause". Naturopaths do not simply treat the manifestation of the disease but rather search for the cause and treat it. To accomplish these goals, Naturopathic medicine incorporates many therapeutic modalities: herbal medicine, homeopathy, nutrition, hydrotherapy, food, exercise therapy, physical therapy, manipulation of the bony and soft tissues, lifestyle and counseling. Additionally, some Naturopaths elect to continue their education to receive a license to practice natural childbirth.
NATURALPATHY