Panchkarma

Let us introduce you to some practices. In ayurveda, treatment has four essential forms, namely - medicine or drug therapy, pancha (five) karma (actions/ systems), dietary regime and regulation of lifestyle. And works in two basic ways - cure and prevention.
The protective facet of treatment is subdivided into swastha varta (personal hygiene) - consisting of dinacharya (daily routine), ritucharya (seasonal corrections) and sadachara (appropriate behaviour) - rasayana & vajikarana (rejuvenation & virlification) and yoga.
The remedial aspect consists of three parts antati parimaijana (internal medicine) - consisting of samsodhana (internal purification through Panchakarma) and samsamana (curative action) - external medicine as massage, use of pastes & powders and finally surgical treatment.
The deep cleansing process, exclusive to Ayurveda that helps the body to free excess doshas and toxins from its cells and eject them is called Panchakarma, which basically denotes detoxification or elimination of toxins from the body. Although the human body is considered as a grand, clever, natural healing system capable of revitalizing itself, the formation of toxins reduces its natural capacity. It is then that Panchakarma plays a crucial role in that correction.

Panchakarma has medicated emesis (vamana) to remove excess kapha, therapeutic purgation (viracana) to clear excess pitta, medicated enema (vasti) to eject excess vata, nasal drops or snuffs (nasya) for diseases of the head & neck and bloodletting (raktamokshana) in case of blood disorders.
There are five cleansing procedures for removing built up toxins and other waste material in the body. As the humors and tissues are related to each other, this discharge procedure affects the tissues in a roundabout way by the strong elimination of related humor. For example, the pronounced removal of kapha by herb induced emesis causes an effect on the nutrient tissue fluid pool, containing water and electrolytes, plasma, muscle, fat. Or the large release of pitta by selective purgation similarly causes an indirect effect on the total coloring material in the body or blood. Vasti is somewhat different, as it is meant to nullify excess vata and contains warm oleation substances. During its long contact with the membrane of the large intestine, it separates layers of faecal matter and thus enhances better absorption, which is responsible for the ultimate nourishment of all tissues. Nasya in turn cleans the sinus and thereby improves the function of sense organs.
Physical and psychological diseases occur due to the vitiation of somatic doshas vata, pitta and kapha and due to mental doshas Rajas and Tamas. Volitional transgression, effect of time and senses are the three key causes responsible for vitiation of biological and mental doshas. Food, drinks & environmental factors with similar properties to the doshas vitiates them and cause disease. Panchakarma's purificatory therapies balance out the three doshas, acting both as a curative and a preventive measure.