Panchakarma is an intensive ayurvedic detoxification program aimed to reduce the toxin overload in the system, which could have accumulated over the decades contributed by environmental pollutants, contaminated or chemically processed foods, drugs, chemicals and pesticides, smoking etc.

When the toxic overload is reduced, the body’s processes including immune system and metabolism, start performing to it’s true potential, thereby leading to healing and a higher quality of health and well being.

Toxins that enter the body can become very dangerous and affect the major organs. So the body removes them from the circulation and tries to eliminate it or move it deep into tissues like fat. However as the level of accumulated toxins in the tissues build up, it starts to derange the biological and physio-chemical processes in the body leading to varied physical and mental illnesses.

During a panchakarma program, these toxins are brought back to the channels of elimination and expelled by the five cleansing processes namely Vamana (Induced vomiting), Virechana (Purgation), Nasya (Nasal purge), Vasthi (Medicated enema) and Raktamoksha [Expelling Impure blood from an affected site].