{"id":464,"date":"2015-05-11T14:00:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/?p=464"},"modified":"2019-10-17T10:28:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T08:28:27","slug":"what-is-panchakarma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/what-is-panchakarma\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Panchakarma?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Panchakarma<\/strong> literally means&nbsp;&#8220;five actions&#8221; and it is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/ayurveda\/ayurveda-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ayurvedic detox treatment<\/strong><\/a>, which strengthens the immune system, helps clear toxins and alleviates digestive problems as well as psychical disorders such as anxiety, burn-out and depression. To sum up Panchakarma <strong>helps regain inner balance<\/strong> to achieve the ultimate result of long-term good health and well-being.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/04\/Fotolia_34490514_S.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-465 alignnone aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/04\/Fotolia_34490514_S-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"traditional indian ayurvedic oil foot massage\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/04\/Fotolia_34490514_S-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/04\/Fotolia_34490514_S-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/04\/Fotolia_34490514_S-600x388.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/04\/Fotolia_34490514_S.jpg 861w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>&nbsp;Pedabhyanga &#8211; Ayurvedic foot massage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Panchakarma is an <strong>internsive cure<\/strong>. Originally the &#8220;five actions&#8221; referred to enema or basti (colonic irrigation), vamana (vomiting), virechan (use of herbal laxatives), nasya (nose cleansing), rakta moksha (blood letting). Fortunately, nowadays the cure is not&nbsp;that drastic and it involves&nbsp;many pleasant cosmetic treatments &#8211; different kinds of massages, oil treatments, wraps and herbal baths.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike conventional medicine, ayurveda <strong>focuses on the whole body and mind<\/strong> and it does not look just for short term alleviation of symptoms of particular diseases. What is more, the treatment is highly individual and it is based on initial consultation with an ayurvedic specialist. Ayurvedic therapist determines your Dosha &#8211; constitution type vulnerable to particular health problems.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays imbalanced diet is one of the main reasons of poor well-being and serious diseases (for example metabolic syndrome).&nbsp;One of the main elements of every Panchakarma cure is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/ayurveda\/ayurvedic-diet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ayurvedic diet<\/a> tailored to the type of constitution determined by an ayurvedic specialist at the beginning of every therapy. Basically, the ayurvedic diet is vegetarian. Some resorts offer chicken or fish on request.<\/p>\n<p>Panchakarma programmes are available at SpaDreams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/search\/?t=112&amp;c=280_314&amp;dmin=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resorts in India and Sri Lanka<\/a> as well as in Europe. The recommended duration of Panchakarma treatment is <strong>a minimum of 2-3 weeks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For the ones, who are interested in ayurveda, but not too sure about the Panchakarma treatment, there are also packages, which can be named&nbsp;<strong>light Ayurveda<\/strong> and last for example a week. Such a holiday is a great way to relax and unwind with the flair of exotic Ayurveda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Our best resorts offering Panchakarma:<\/p>\n<div class=\"four columns\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/kairali-the-ayurvedic-healing-village-kodumbupalakkad-south-west-india-kerala-h732\/?dmin=7\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"first alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/img\/732_216_128_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"128\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"eight columns\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/kairali-the-ayurvedic-healing-village-kodumbupalakkad-south-west-india-kerala-h732\/?dmin=7\">Kairali &#8211; The Ayurvedic Healing Village<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"four columns\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/heritance-ayurveda-maha-gedara-beruwela-west-coast-sri-lanka-h750\/?dmin=7\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"first alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/img\/750_216_128_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"128\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"eight columns\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/heritance-ayurveda-maha-gedara-beruwela-west-coast-sri-lanka-h750\/?dmin=7\">Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"four columns\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/nikkis-nest-trivandrum-south-west-india-kerala-h722\/?dmin=7\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"first alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/img\/722_216_128_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"128\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"eight columns\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/nikkis-nest-trivandrum-south-west-india-kerala-h722\/?dmin=7\">Nikki&#8217;s Nest<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"location\" style=\"text-align: left\">For more information check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/ayurveda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ayurveda section<\/a>, with extensive information about ayurvedic medicine, ayurvedic treatments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/ayurveda\/panchakarma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Panchakarma<\/a> and Ayurveda in Europe, Sri Lanka and India.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panchakarma literally means&nbsp;&#8220;five actions&#8221; and it is an ayurvedic detox treatment, which strengthens the immune system, helps clear toxins and alleviates digestive problems as well as psychical disorders such as anxiety, burn-out and depression. To sum up Panchakarma helps regain inner balance to achieve the ultimate result of long-term good health and well-being. &nbsp;Pedabhyanga &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[604],"tags":[58,86,358],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Panchakarma?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Panchakarma is an intensive ayurvedic detox treatment, which works effectively for various health problems and helps regain inner balance.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is Panchakarma?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Panchakarma is an intensive ayurvedic detox treatment, which works effectively for various health problems and helps regain inner balance.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/what-is-panchakarma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SpaDreams Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-05-11T12:00:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-10-17T08:28:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/ayurveda-wellness-india-panchakarma.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SpaDreams-Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SpaDreams-Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/what-is-panchakarma\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/what-is-panchakarma\/\",\"name\":\"What is Panchakarma?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/what-is-panchakarma\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/what-is-panchakarma\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/ayurveda-wellness-india-panchakarma.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-11T12:00:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-17T08:28:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d62c6c6073f528c133534aba54b4947b\"},\"description\":\"Panchakarma is an intensive ayurvedic detox treatment, which works effectively for various health problems and helps regain inner balance.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/what-is-panchakarma\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/what-is-panchakarma\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/what-is-panchakarma\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/ayurveda-wellness-india-panchakarma.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/ayurveda-wellness-india-panchakarma.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1333,\"caption\":\"Female therapist treating a young lady in an ayurvedic spa following Indian traditional method.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/what-is-panchakarma\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ayurveda\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/ayurveda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"What is Panchakarma?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.spadreams.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SpaDreams Blog\",\"description\":\"Your Guide for Health &amp; 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