Therapeutic Treatments

1. SiroAbhyangam (Head Massage)

Shiro abhyanga involves massaging the head, neck and shoulders with warm herbalised oil to calm and balance your mind and nervous systems.

  • Relaxes the mind and body
  • Reduces stress and anxiety
  • Improves blood circulation to the scalp
  • Nourishes the scalp and hair follicles
  • Strengthens hair roots, reducing hair fall
  • Alleviates headaches and migraines
  • Enhances mental clarity and concentration
  • Promotes better sleep quality

2. Steam bath (bashpa swedanam)

An Ayurvedic steam bath is a simple and effective therapy to cleanse the body of toxins. A herbal steam bath involves sweating caused by steam. Such a steam bath can help remove toxins from the body. It is a part of the cleansing therapy done after a massage

  • Improves circulation
  • Skin health
  • Loosens stiff joints
  • Reduces stress
  • Workout recovery
  • Clearing congestion
  • Relaxation

3. Kizhi(poultice)

It is an Ayurvedic treatment in which warm poultices filled with herbal oils, powder or medical concoctions are applied and massaged over the body. The natural healing herbs are crushed and bundled into muslin cloth to make lizhi/poulthices.

  • Alleviate doshas, pain and stiffness
  • Helps the body get rid of wastes and toxins thus leaving the body rejuvenated
  • Specifically, useful in relieving pain, stiffness and numbness
  • Prevent ageing
  • Improve the quality of skin by adding shine and lustre
  • Reduce body weight

4. Nasyam

Nasyam is a panchakarma treatment for body cleansing used in Ayurvedic medicine. Administration of drugs by the route of nasal cavity is termed as nasya.

  • Cures headaches, migraines, drynose, nervousness and anxiety
  • Cures neck stiffness, sinusitis loss of smell
  • Removes toxins from head, neck, brain, eyes, ear, nose and throat region
  • Helps in proper blood circulation in the head

5. Dhara

It is one of the major oil therapies in Ayurvedic treatment. In this continual pouring of warm medicated oil or a herbal decoction over the body is done.

  • Effective in nervous disorders, headaches, migraine, paralysis, insomnia, depression, anxiety etc.
  • Increase circulation to the brain, soothens the senses and calm the mind

6. Pizhichil

It is a suclation therapy in which the warmed oil is poured all over the body or a specific part of a stipulated period in a specific manner. Throughout this therapy, the body is exposed to streams of luke warm oil with soft massage and rhythmic hand movement. In this process, fixed size linen clothes are dipped in tolerably hot oil or paste and squeezed from a certain height on the patient’s body.

  • Detoxification of the body
  • Reducing acne and increasing youthful and radiant skin
  • Preventing signs of aging
  • Relieving body pain and increasing rejuvenation
  • Muscle development and quick healing of fractured bones
  • Treating diabetes and hypertension
  • Alleviating arthritis, paralysis, hemiplegia, sexual sidorders, parkinsons disease, nervoise disorders and depression

7. Udvarthanam

Udvarthanam is special therapeutuic deep tissue massage using herbal powders. Udwarthanam means to elevate or to promote. This massage involves upward stroking, where the powder is rubbed forcibly on the body.

  • Pacifies the aggravated kapha dosha
  • Reduces the excess fat accumulated in the subcutaneous tissues
  • Softens and exfoliates dead skin cells, thereby giving a lustrous glow to skin
  • Detoxification, purification, toning the skin
  • Eliminates bad body odor
  • Improves the mobility of joints
  • Strengthens and tones up the muscles
  • Refreshes and rejuvenates the body
  • Take care of conditions due to improper blood supply
  • Improves the circulation, opens up the body channels (srothas) increasing the basal metabolic rate
  • Tones up the skin and muscles after the child birth
  • Removes cellulite and helps in weight reduction
  • Improves the sense of touch
  • Reduces blood cholesterol

8. Dhoopanam (Fumigation)

Dhoopanam is an Ayurvedic therapy used for preventive and treatment purposes. In dhoopanam the course powder of the herbs is mixed with honey, ghee etc., liquids. It is put on fire and the fames are increased by fanning. There fames are directed with the help of a cone or a cylinder made of inetals or mud. The particular part of the body is exposed for sufficient amount of time depending on the disease.

  • Cures the disease of skin
  • Cures deep sinusitis, diabetic carbuncle, fever
  • Helpful for treating hemorrhoids
  • For healing wounds and ulcers
  • Helps in ear, eyes and teeth diseases

9. Vasti (Kati Vasti, Janu Vasti, Greeva Vasti)

Vasti means to hold. In vasti the warm medicated oil is poured over the affected part (kati, janu, greeva) and retained inside a well sculpted from black gran paste for the required duration (Kati means lower back, Janu means knee joint and greeva means neck).

  • Cures the disease of skin, arthritis conditions, neck pain, knee pain and low back ache
  • Reduces stiffness, numbness and muscle spasms
  • Improve flexibility and range of motion
  • Helps in relieving sciatic pain
  • Promotes relaxation and stress relief
  • Protects cartilages of knee joints from wear and tear
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