Longevity Through Panchakarma in Healthy Life

Abstract

In age of competition and industrialization risk of lifestyle disorders is increased.  Lifestyle disorders are causing a greater number of mortality and morbidity.  Lifestyle disorders is not only limited to adult but also it is found in young age. In  previous few studies result shows that over 61 per cent of all deaths in India  attributed to lifestyle or non-communicable diseases. They are spread in both urban  and rural areas. This disease is burden over society as well as allopathy medicine,  because they only control the disease not totally cure. On other side principle of  ayurveda first deals with preventive care of healthy individuals and curative care  of diseased individuals. Ayurveda is worked at four levels first is Nidanparivarjana (avoid causative factors), Sanshodhana (detoxification), Samshamana (palliative  medicine) and Pathyapathya (specific diet according to disease). In this  Sanshodhana is mainly concerned with Panchakarma. Panchakarma is use as  preventive as well as curative purpose. Panchakarma includes Vamana  (therapeutic emesis), Virechana (therapeutic purgation), Niruha Basti (therapeutic  decoction enema), Anuvasan Basti (therapeutic unctuous enema) and Nasya  (medication through nasal route). Various Samhita describe Dinacharya (daily  regimen) and Rutucharya (seasonal regimens) in which Acharya explained about  daily and seasonal Panchakarma procedure for healthy life. So, this article aims to  review the role of different type Panchakarma in order to explore the scientific  approach for welfare of human beings.