Panchakarma Treatments
Canacona, India
Panchakarma combines two Sanskrit words: Pancha, meaning five, and Karma, meaning therapy. Together, they refer to five traditional Ayurvedic procedures designed to eliminate aggravated doshas from the body. The five therapies are: Vamana Karma (emesis therapy) Virechana Karma (purgation therapy) Anuvasana Vasti Karma (unctuous enema therapy) Nirooha Vasti Karma (decoction enema therapy) Nasya Kar...