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PASCHATKARMA
( Post-treatment procedures
of PANCHAKARMA )
After finishing the major eliminative
procedures ,PANCHAKARMA concludes with treatments designed
to rebuild, nourish and strengthen the body, called, Post
procedure. Two aspects of the post-procedures are
SAMARANJANA KARMA AND DINA CHARYA,( the graded administration
of diet and the daily behavioural guidelines for maintaining
ideal health) raise the system to a much higher efficiency
level than it had before.
Samaranjana karma(graduated diet)
The diet to the patient, immediately after panchakarma consists of nutritive and easily digested preparations of rice and split yellow mung dal (lentil).
Dinacharya (graduated life style)
The following behavioral recommendation of dinacharya are extremely useful during this period and afterwards, for creating and maintaining a new level of health.
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wake early, preferably at sunrise. |
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Urinate and defecate upon arising |
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scrape your tongue and brush teeth. |
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Drink a glass of warm water. |
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perform “oil massage” . |
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Take a warm bath. |
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Do, yoga postures,(alternate nostril breathing and meditation) |
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exercise according to your balance of doshas. |
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Apply ghee or sesame oil to the nostrils before going out. |
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do not restrain natural urges such as yawing, sneezing or urinating. |
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fruit and herbal tea for breakfast. If you feel hungry eat hot cereal. |
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engage in activity that brings you joy. |
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Eat your main meal at noon in a quiet, settled atmosphere. |
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Do not overwork |
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reduce rushing, worrying and overeating. |
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treat yourself gently and loving. |
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Meditate at the end of your day’s activities. |
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Eat a light meal in the evening. |
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Go for a walk |
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retire early. |
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EXPECTATION SURROUNDING PANCHAKARMA
It is important to mention the issue of what one can expect from this therapy. While panchakarma alleviates symptoms of disease, its real objective is to eliminate their cause. In itself, the absence of symptoms does not always indicate a complete cure. Symptoms can often be quickly eliminated, but a cure usually takes more time. If a person has been storing the seeds of degenerative disease in his body for fifteen or twenty years and suffering from symptoms for five or ten years, it is unlikely that they will be completely healed In ten or fifteen days of Panchakarma. It takes time and repeated treatments, to rid the body completely of AMA and to rebuild and rejuvenate the Dhatus. The length of the treatment varies with the type of illness and the adverse effects created by previous treatment procedures. Individuals also respond differently to Panchakarma treatment because of differences in their individual constitutions.
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Though, there is a general framework for the administration of panchakarma, the ayurvedic physician can design a treatment regimen, which is appropriate for the patient and his, her illness. One month long treatment program is very effective and popular. The whole treatment takes twenty eight days. It is not always possible to take time away from one’s family and profession to engage in panchakarma therapy even if we are in need of it. So, one and two weeks programmes have been tailored.
The one week or two weeks program are highly recommended once or twice a year for preventive purposes. It is even more beneficial when it can be performed around the change of seasons since this is the time when the doshas can most easily or degenerative diseases, a long term treatment of at least one month is highly recommended. Depending on the seriousness and duration of the disorder, a serious of such longer treatment programs may be necessary to remove the basis of the disease. |
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