Panchakarma

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Panchakarma is cleansing of body according to Ayurveda.[1] These are set of five (panch =five in sanskrit)procedures. They are Vamana[2], Virechana, Basti, Nasya, and Raktamokshana.

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  1. ^ Mishra L, Singh BB, Dagenais S., Altern Ther Health Med. 2001 Mar Healthcare and disease management in Ayurveda (Archived on 25 May 2013)
  2. ^ Gupta B, Mahapatra SC, Makhija R, Kumar A, Jirankalgikar N, Padhi MM, Devalla RB, Ayu. 2011Observations on Vamana procedure in healthy volunteers (Archived on 25 May 2013)