- Panchkarma is a unique treatment procedure of ancient Indian medicine. It is commonly used for detoxification of body. Due to detoxification a state of health is maintained as well as all diseases could be cured with the help of panchkarma.
Vaman , Virechan, Nassya , Raktamokshan, Basti are collectively called as panchkarma. Out of which we are going to discuss about Raktamokshan in this article.
Raktamokshan is the procedure of blood-letting. In this procedure we take out the impure blood, due to which a person is suffering from a disease. Hence this procedure detoxifies ‘raktadhatu’ ( Blood). It is really very helpful & effective procedure though it sounds very primitive. Not more than 100 to 150 ml blood is taken out at one sitting. Sharad rutu (i.e. period between September to November) is a classical period for detoxification of your body through raktamokshan.
Raktamokshana can be used in the treatment of following diseases:-All types of Skin diseases, Psoriasis, liken planes, leukoderma, Hyperlipidemia, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Acne, Gout, Obesity, vertigo, Herpes Infections, General Detoxification etc…
Procedure details:-
- Siravedh
- Jalaukavachaan
- Shrunga
- Alabu
Now a days in practice in ‘SHREE AYURVED AND PANCHKARMA CHIKITSALAYA’ we follow first two ways of raktamokshana i.e. Siravedh & Jalaukavacharana
- Siravedh:- in this way we take out the venous blood from blood stream with the help of scalp vein set. We can take out 100 – 150ml of blood at a single sitting without having any side effects.
- Jalaukavacharan:- in this procedure we apply a jalauka {Leech ( a type of helpful organism which sucks impure blood)}. It sucks impure blood and also reestablishes a good blood supply in the area of application.
After – Procedure:- No major after procedure is involved in this type of Panchkarma. Only dressing is done.
- All types of Skin diseases could be treated with raktamokshana.
- Psorias could be treated with the help of raktamokshana.
- liken planes, leukoderma could be treated with the help of raktamokshana.
- Raktamokshana helps in treatment of Hyperlipidemia,
- Heart Disease, Hypertension could be treated with the help of raktamokshana.
- Raktamokshana gives best results in the treatment of Acne.
- Gout (high levels of uric acid in blood), could be treated with the help of raktamokshana.
- Raktamokshana gives best results in the treatment of Obesity.
- Raktamokshana helps in treatment of Hyperlipidemia vertigo,
- Herpes Infections are treated with raktamokshan, as well as post herpes neuralgia is also treated with the help of raktamokshan.