What Is Panchakarma Treatment And How Is It Helpful?

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What Is Panchakarma Treatment And How Is It Helpful?

By: - December 20, 2019

Panchakarma treatment is a naturopathic treatment and the perfect way to eliminate any toxins in the body and rebalance the doshas. Panchakarma treatment has majorly 3 phases that helps rejuvenate the body and mind. A wellness centre or a naturopathy centre is the perfect place to go through a Panchakarma treatment. The treatment uses natural ingredients in different forms such as oils and pastes. The three phases are:

1. Poorva Karma: The body is prepared to dislodge the toxins

2. Panchakarma: 5 cleansing treatment methods are used for detoxification

3. Pashchaath Karma: Reestablishes the digestive fire with the help of  specially tailored diet

Now, let us look at some of the benefits of Panchakarma treatment:

  • Eliminates toxins from the body:

If you visit a naturopathy centre, they will use panchakarma treatment to help you experience optimal health. It is more of a cleansing process that releases toxins and helps the body heal naturally.

  • Helps restore AGNI (the metabolic fire)

A wellness centre helps increase the ojas of a person which is created by healthy tissues in the body. Panchakarma improves the agni by improving the digestion of a person.

  • Reduces stress:

With the goodness of nature, Panchakarma is known for improving the relaxation and tolerance of a person, which thereby reduces stress and anxiety. Panchakarma, being a naturopathic treatment, brings you close to nature and hence adds to your happiness.

  • Improves the immunity level:

Panchakarma demands for a strict lifestyle and diet. Hence, naturopathy centres stress on the same, and improves the immune system of a person. An improved immune system helps fight diseases and protects from illnesses.

  • Improves inner peace and gives a sense of clarity

Panchakarma promotes mental peace. It helps get rid of long held misery, managing  repressed outrage, guilt, and other similar problems which affect our mental health.

Panchakarma is known as one of the best naturopathy treatments which helps rejuvenate the body, mind and soul. If you feel you need to rejuvenate yourself, visit a wellness centre or naturopathy centre and heal yourself.

Naturopathy gives us an opportunity to reconnect with our roots and receive what nature has to offer us. Nimba Wellness Centre is a wellness retreat in India, and one of the largest and well-known naturopathy centres in Ahmedabad which focuses on reviving the crucial equilibrium of the 5 basic elements of life- earth, water, air, fire, and ether.

The Ultimate Guide For Winter Wellness With Ayurveda

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The Ultimate Guide For Winter Wellness With Ayurveda

By: - November 15, 2019

The lethargic season is here! With the winter season near, pull up your socks and get ready to protect and heal your body. This year help yourself with ayurvedic therapies, and make peace with wintertime. It is important to live in harmony with these natural cycles and adjust with the changing environments. Like any other season, the winter season too demands a certain diet, self-care practices and some exercises. This is a good time to visit a naturopathy centre to heal and pamper your body and soul. Let us now look at some winter wellness techniques and talk about Colon therapy and Panchakarma treatment.

Winter wellness calls for a winter diet:

During the winter season our body requires more well cooked food and slightly oily and spiced up food to stay warm and healthy.  A nutritive diet filled with root vegetables like spinach, carrots, onions, are generally preferred, along with hot spices such as black pepper, garlic, ginger and others. It is the best time to involve yourself in ayurvedic treatments, as they have a heavy focus on a healthy diet.

Massage your body

Ayurvedic treatments and ayurvedic therapies involve the usage of ayurvedic oils on a daily basis to heal the system. Ayurvedic oil massage nourishes the body, relieves fatigue, helps in getting a peaceful sleep, provides stamina to the body, promotes longevity and helps in the overall well-being of a person.

Holistic beauty 

An itchy, irritated and red skin is common in the winter season and hence it is important to retain your skin’s natural moisture. Ayurvedic therapies are no less than a treasure to provide your skin with the nutrition it requires. Being a part of winter wellness, ayurvedic beauty packs for your skin, hair and lips are produced by combining different herbs. These herbs help replenish your skin and bring back the lost moisture.

What is Panchakarma?

Discover and awaken your healing energies and senses with Ayurveda Panchakarma. This is a 5 step procedure for a body-mind rejuvenation experience. Panchakarma compromises of herbal oil massages, steam baths, cleansing enemas, healing diets, and other similar practices.

What is Colon therapy?

Colon therapy is a procedure which uses enema with either oil or herbal decoction to expel the waste material from the large intestine. This is an ayurvedic treatment which lubricates and nourishes the large intestine and cleans the colon and helps in reviving its functioning. 

Nimba Nature Cure is a Naturopathy centre situated in the outskirts of Ahmedabad and caters to the physical, psychological and spiritual health of a person. Hurry and grab your winter wellness bundle and benefit from the mesmerizing healing power of nature.

Shirodhara Treatment, Therapy, Procedures & Benefits | Nimba

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Shirodhara Treatment, Therapy, Procedures & Benefits | Nimba

By: - September 7, 2016

Gujarat’s largest Naturopathy Center, NIMBA Nature Cure Village brings this classical Kerala therapy at your doorstep. The word “Shirodhara” is a combination of two words “Shiro” means head and “Dhara” means flowing fluid. It is an Ayurvedic treatment. This world renowned Kerala Panchakarma therapy is best for soothing the nerves and nourishment of the brain.

In Shirodhara Treatment, A continuous stream of warm medicate oil is poured in a rhythmic manner on forehead (the location of the “third eye”) for about 45-60 minutes. Experienced Panchakarma therapists from Kerala provide you this Shirodhara treatment is in a classical way. The gentle pressure and soothing warmth of the oil allow the body, mind and nervous system to experience a soul deep calmness, similar to a state of meditation.

At NIMBA we provide specialized forms of Shirodhara Treatment called “TAILADHARA” (medicated oils), “KSHEERADHARA” (medicated milk), “TAKRADHARA” (medicated milk) and “JALADHARA” (medicated water).

Mechanism of action

The forehead or ‘Ajna Chakra’ or ‘Third Eye’, has a highly concentrated nerve supply. The pressure of the oil onto the forehead creates a vibration. The Shirodhara oil saturates the forehead and scalp and further penetrates into the nervous system, creating a tranquil state of mind and induce natural sleep.

Procedure for Shirodhara Treatment

After consulting with our physician the prescribe Shirodhara oil is selected. The client is advised to lie flat on a special wooden table with his neck and head comfortably placed. A stream of warm medicate oil is poured in a continuous, slow and steady stream from a special vessel onto the center of the forehead followed by gentle scalp Shirodhara massage.

Different liquid mediums are used in Dhara according to individual health problems. Medicated Shirodhara oils, milk, buttermilk, tender coconut water and decoction of herb extracts are some of the fluids used. There are no specific restrictions after Shirodhara except that one must not bathe after the treatment.

Benefits of Shirodhara Treatment

This Shirodhara treatment deeply relaxes and revitalizes the central nervous system. Activates the pituitary and pineal glands, as well as the hypothalamus, which organize and regulate all hormones in the body. It helps to enhance the functioning of the brain by reducing stress while the memory and quality of sleep is improved.

Indication

Shirodhara Treatment is useful in a wide range of psychic, psychosomatic and chronic degenerative conditions. It is one of the most preferred Shirodhara treatments in psychological disorders, stress, anxiety, obsessive behavior, depression and headaches of various origins. Few of the common conditions are listed below: