About Dashakarma

Dashakarma is a therapy for achieving balance in body, mind, and consciousness

Dashakarma is more than a system of treatment – it is the science and art of living that helps us achieve health and longevity. It emphasizes various methods of purification and rejuvenation as well as preventive and healing. Dashakarma is an integral consciousness through detoxification and rejuvenation.

What is Dashakarma?

Basic Principles

Oil Massage

The process of Dash-karma usually begins with two sets of remedies: Oil massage and fomentation.

Olation involves the use of oils or oily substances on the body. Ayurveda offers a wide variety of oils mainly prepared from various herbal and mineral ingredients for external use. In addition to oil and ghee, it is used exclusively for internal use. The fatty substance acts as an effective medium, manages to reach deep tissues, helps deliver medicinal substances to each and every cell of the body, and loosens toxins trapped in the cells.

Fomentation

The therapy that induces sweating is called compress therapy. Compress therapy is usually followed by oil massage. Tissues softened by oil massage treatments become more pliable with subsequent cauterization. Oil massage loosens deeply accumulated toxins and helps to flush them out of the body.

Application of the two principles

The principles of isolation and fermentation are applied through some treatments. Some of these Ayurveda remedies are:

Abhyanga

It is a type of body massage in which suitable herbal or medicated oil is used. This can be done for the whole body or a specific part like the head, leg or joint, etc. Its main purpose is to lubricate the body parts and pacify the vata dosha.

Shirodhara

It is a special medicine aimed at providing relief from diseases related to the head region. In this therapy, a stream of hot oil is poured at the center of the forehead through a vessel in a uniform motion. The temperature and speed of the oil stream are kept constant during the therapy lasting 30 to 60 minutes.

Pizhichil

Pizhichil is an excellent therapy for relieving joint, muscle, and nervous problems. In this therapy, streams of lukewarm medicated oil are poured over the entire body, accompanied by a light massage with rhythmic hand movements. It helps in relieving pain, nourishing the nerves and muscles, reducing stress, and bringing peace and relaxation to the mind.

Potala Massage

This message involves using a pouch filled with medicinal herbs or nutrients that are heated in oil and then applied to the body for pain relief, stress reduction, and regeneration.

The Five Therapies ‘Dash’ ‘Karmas’

Vaman

Drug-induced image In this treatment, the patient is given internal and external elimination and formation therapy for a few days. Once the toxins are liquefied and collected in the upper body cavities, the patient is given medicine and decoction for vomiting. It induces vomiting and helps eliminate toxins from body tissues. Vamana therapy is mainly recommended for kapha-predominant conditions like psoriasis, obesity, asthma, and hyperacidity.

Virechan

In Aushadhi Siddha Pooja Virechana, the evacuation or evacuation of the intestines occurs through bowel cleansing. In this treatment system, internal and external drainage and compression therapy are also given to the patient. After that, the patient is given a herbal laxative which helps in emptying the bowels which helps in clearing the toxins from the body. Treatment therapy is mainly recommended for pitta-dominant conditions like herpes zoster, jaundice, colitis, celiac disease, etc.

Basti

Administering medicinal substances through enemas is Ayurveda’s unique contribution to the medical world. Therapy has enormous benefits, especially in complex and chronic diseases. According to the nature of the disease, herbal decoction, oil, ghee, or milk are administered into the rectum and have a positive effect. This therapy is highly effective against gout conditions such as arthritis, hemorrhoids, and constipation.

Nasya

This therapy involves a gentle massage and fomentation to the head and shoulders followed by administering nasal drops into both nostrils. It effectively cleanses the head area and provides relief from headaches, migraines, hair problems, sleep disorders, neurological disorders, sinusitis, chronic nasality, and anatory diseases.

Raktamokshan

Blood sacrifice This therapy is good for purifying the blood and is effective against diseases caused by impure blood. This can be done in a specific area or for the whole body. This therapy is especially useful in various skin diseases such as psoriasis, eczema, and localized lesions such as boils and pigmentation.

When not to go for Dash-karma

Dash-karma therapy should only be administered by a trained and qualified Ayurvedic doctor after proper consultation and according to the patient’s health status. It should be avoided during fever, injury, and pregnancy.