Dr. Abhinav
Vol. 6, Jul-Dec 2018
Abstract:
Changes in lifestyle have followed the path of development in the materialistic world and so have brought many causes for development of various disorders which are related to this new world. In the modern era of globalisation and development, due to stressful lifestyle and lack of self-observation we are facing several challenging lifestyle disorders like Diabetes mellitus, Hypertension, Atherosclerosis, Heart disease, stroke and obesity to which modern medicine has no appropriate answer. In this field, the world’s oldest life science Ayurveda gives a proven, fundamental solution in the form of Panchkarma. Ayurveda is with the important motives of protecting the healthy state of a healthy person and curing the disease. Thus it serves both purposes, preventive and curative. Panchkarma is the important path to serve the purposes. Panchkarma includes five major procedures that are designed for bio purification in both healthy as well as diseased states of body. Panchkarma means ‘five actions’ or ‘five elements’.Since it consists of five main therapies it is named so. It has been given a special place in all ancient ayurvedic texts. It includes five specific bio purification processes namely Vamana, Virechana, Basti, Nasya and Raktamokshana. In Ayurveda the balance of tridosha in the body is health and their imbalance in body is disease. So, Panchakarma is not only good for alleviating diseases but it is also useful tool in maintaining excellent health.