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Purification of the body with five specific kinds of treatments is called as Panchakarma, namely
- Vamana (Medicated emesis)
- Virechana (Medicated purgation)
- Basti (Medicated enema)
- Nasya (Instilling medicine through Nasal route)
- Raktamokshana (Blood letting)
Other supportive treatments for the Panchakarma procedures include:
- Abhyanga (Oil massage)
- Swedana (Sudation)
- Dhara (Pouring medicated Oil or decoction on the body)
- Shiro dhara (Pouring medicated Oil on the head)
- Shiro basti (Keeping oil on the head)
- Netra tarpana (Keeping medicated Ghee on the eyes)
- Patra pinda sweda (Sudation using medicated leaves)
- Shashtika shali pinda sweda (Sudation using medicated rice)
- Churna pinda sweda (Sudation using medicated powder)
- Udwartana (Rubbing the body with medicated powder)
- Kati basti, Janu basti (Keeping the medicated oil on Low back or Knee joints) etc.