Can Panchakarma Therapy of Ayurveda Cure Cancer

Posted on October 26, 2009 in Uncategorized

In Ayurveda, the body types or the doshas play an important role in the general well being. Cancer, according to Ayurveda, is disbalance in the hormony between the doshas. It blames the use of chemicals and the synthetic materials in the diets for cusing this disbalance. Stress, Fatigue and Anxiety are also play their role in cancer diagnosis. Panchakarma therapy is the technique which tries to address cancer in Ayurveda. This article tries to gain further insight.

What is Panchakrama: It is a set of five ayurvedic remedies which are either used individually or jointly as treatment procedure. The five parts are: Enema, Emesis, Blood-letting, Purgation and Nasal application.

Role of Diet in the Treatment: The practitioners of Ayurveda are the experts who can prescribe the food items which can be included in the diet. The choice of these food items is based on the body type type or the doshas. The belief is that the appropraite food items compliment the nature of the body the patient possesses and helps in fighting the toxins of the body better. Ayurveda do not encourage the intake of cold refrigerated food either. It believes that when food is made cold, it looses its potential energy further. Cooking takes away the energy of the food anyways.

Mode of Treatment: Ayurveda supports the use of its techniques using panchakarna to compliment the western medicines of cancer. The medicines are to be used under the supervision of the experts ayurveda and the general physician. This is especially true in the case of using herbs as tretament means.

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