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Revision as of 06:30, 30 May 2013 by Abhijeet Safai (talk | contribs) (added Category:Ayurveda using HotCat)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Panchakarma is cleansing of body according to Ayurveda. Panchakarma is a therapeutic way of eliminating toxic elements from the body.These are set of five (panch =five in sanskrit)procedures. They are Vamana, Virechana, Basti, Nasya, and Raktamokshana.
Clinical Research
The majority of the studies reviewed showed positive outcomes for panchakarma and allied therapies when compared to a control
References
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- Gupta B, Mahapatra SC, Makhija R, Kumar A, Jirankalgikar N, Padhi MM, Devalla RB, Ayu. 2011Observations on Vamana procedure in healthy volunteers (Archived on 25 May 2013)
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