Panchakarma Chiktsa
Duration – 14 to 28 days.
This is a five-pronged treatment for physical fitness in all senses. Apart from purifying the blood, it tones up nerves, mind, organs, body and breath. It also discards the seeds of many ailments from the body. Intake of medicated ghee and herbal medicines, massages and other modes such as Navarakizhi (rice poultice treatment where the body is massaged with muslin-bag bolus of medicated rice) and enema therapy include in the five-pronged course.