| When the diseases are chronic it is difficult
to treat through the balancing methods of shaman therapy as it takes
a lot of time. Here comes the role of the elimination therapy that
takes less time and cure the diseases in which the doshas are situated
at a much deeper level. Shodhana therapies expel the aggravated doshas
from the body by the use of different types of elimination therapies
called the Pancha Karma.
It involves the use of the following five types of cleansing techniques:
- Vamana- emetic therapy (supervised vomiting)
- Virechana- laxatives
- Vasti- herbal enema
- Nasya- nasal administration
- Rakta Mokshana - blood letting
Some preparatory treatments are first induced in order to soften
the dosha and move it to either the stomach or the intestine from
where the dosha is eliminated using the above-mentioned techniques.
Shodhana is also used as a preventive treatment to gain positive
health.
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