SCIENTIFIC MECHANISM OF ACTION ABOUT PANCHAKARMA by Dr.Sneha Chavan Mahatme

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Scientific Mechanism Of Action About Panchakarma which is known as Bio- purification. Some peoples knows Panchakarma as Detoxification but Panchakarma is a cleansing process in which toxins and the unwanted substances expelling out from body, while Detoxification is a process in which nullifying the toxins without expelling out.

What are toxins??

A toxin is a poisonous substance produced within living cells or organisms.

How toxins affects human body?

 Intake of toxin sources leads to 

Retention of toxins in the blood which

Results in toxemia, due to it

the accumulated toxins not only enters into

blood but also in other tissues,

It slowly affects vital life energy & immunity And 

Results in Disease.

• Toxins affects enzymes, it inhibits the production of Hb% in the blood.
• Toxins affect minerals due to it bones become weak.
• Toxins damage organs such as liver,kidney due to it they are unable to detox properly.
• Toxins damage DNA, due to it rate of aging & degeneration increases.
• Toxins induce,inhibits & block harmones.

Which are the toxin sources??

1. Refined vegetable and seed oil
2. BPA(Bisphenol-A)is a chemical found in many plastic containers of many common food & beverages.
3. Trans fats.
4. PAHs(Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)- When red meat is grilled or smoked at high temperature, fat drips onto hot cooking surfaces,which produces volatile PAHs, that can seep into the meat. Incomplete burning of charcoal can also cause PAHs to form.
5. Added sugar 

Role of Panchakarma/ Biopurification over toxins:

Toxins disrupt homeostasis (homeostasis means maintaining temperature, pH,fluid level,heart rate,blood sugar,blood pressure etc.)

Due to disruption of homeostasis, there is impaired anabolism and catabolism.

Which results into decreased nutrition, immunity and impaired excretion of waste products.

Leading to the collection of metabolic waste.

All these leads to formation of free radicals, causing tissue damage and final outcome will be Metabolic Disorder.

In such conditions removal of waste is essential, it is effectively doneby Panchakarma therapy (Biopurification)

What is Panchakarma..???

Pancha=five

Karma=procedure 

'Panchakarma' means five actions or therapies.

Five purificatary therapies as told by Ayurvedic ancient Acharya are-

1. Vaman(Emesis therapy)

2.Virechan(Purgation therapy)

3.Basti(Enema therapy)

4.Nasya(Errhine therapy)

5.Raktamokshan(Bloodletting therapy)

Need of Panchakarma 

• In the current era, human beings are most exposed to acute & chronic poisoning which are toxins, such as synthetic foods, pesticides, chemical preservatives etc. So now there is need of Bio-purification (Panchakarma) atleast twice a year to purify the body from the harmful substances.
• Bio-purification(panchakarma) makes the biological system to return to normally & to rejuvenate rapidly. And also fascilitates the desired pharmokinetic efforts of therapeutic remedies administered thereafter.
• It also fascilitates the desired pharmokinetic efforts of therapeutic remedies administered thereafter.
• Panchakarma eliminates toxins & stagnated excreta & metabolites from the body.
• Bio-purification also cleanses macro & micro channels. It maximises the absorption and metabolism of  nutrients & drugs and minimises their dose and toxicity.

Researches done on Panchakarma

• A study at the Institute Of Science, Technology & Public Policy at Maharishi University Of Management in Fairfield, Iowa in Collaboration with a special laboratory at Colorado University, demonstrated that Panchakarma treatment eliminated up to 50% of the detectable toxins in the blood.
• It has now been scientifically proved that a natural purification treatment can successfully eliminate environmentally toxic substances such as PCB and pesticides from the body, without any side effects. (Alternative therapies in Health and Medicines, Sept./Oct. 2002, Vol8, No.5: PP 93-103).

In this blog we had seen why Panchakarma is useful for our body. And How it purifies our body. In next blog we will see again more scientific interesting facts about Ayurveda.

I hope this blog will also useful to all of you and will make more understanding about panchakarma/ biopurification.

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