PANCHAKARMA PACKAGES AYURVEDA TREATMENT PROGRAMMES Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara is a 64 room Ayurveda Health resort dedicated to practice Authentic Ayurveda. The Resort is homely and friendly, and is exclusive for Ayurveda guests. The total atmosphere at the resort is created to be conducive for Ayurveda way of living. Yoga and Meditation classes are conducted frequently to augment the Ayurveda way of living of complete body & mind. The main focus of Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara is to provide total relaxation to its clients, starting with the surrounding itself and attention to total Body & Mind. Ayurveda is for everybody. It has two main objectives. 1. Curative - To cure illnesses. 2. Preventive - To protect the healthy condition of person and prevent him from illnesses. This means any person whether sick or healthy can benefit from Ayurveda to cure illnesses or promote his health. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENTS Deepana, Pachana – Increasing Appetite & Digestive Energy in the body Shodana, Shamana – Detoxification and Neutralization of Toxins Rasayana – Body Rejuvenation Mano Santharpana – Relaxation and Psychological Rejuvenation THE PACKAGES Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara offers 2 main packages. “Ayubowan” Package with Panchakarma - (Programmes & Descriptions below) The minimum stay should be one week, however it is recommended a minimum period of 2 weeks for better effect. Ayubowan literally means ‘live longer’. This is the concept in the resort with Body & Mind healing through professional Ayurveda Treatments, Yoga & Meditation and Heritance cuisine. “Panchakarma “ cleansing treatment methods are the base of this package which has three phases. 1. POORVA KARMA – PRE ACTIONS This is the preparatory phase of a person for cleansing treatments “Panchakarma” to come at later stage. It is important to prepare a person in his Body and Mind with various treatments for several days before cleansing starts. This improves comfortable detoxification process within the body. There are three main techniques for preparation. a. Deepana & Pachana – Improving Appetite & Digestive Energy in the body b. Snehana – Application of Oil internally and externally b1. Grutha pana – Ghee Therapy b2. Abhyanga & dhara – Body Therapies with Oil c. Swedana – Sweating Treatments 2. PRADHANA KARMA – MAIN ACTION There are the five cleansing treatment methods used for detoxification of body. ‘Pancha’ means five and ‘Karma’ means actions. Vamana Karma – Emesis Therapy or Therapeutic Vomiting Virechana Karma – Purgation Treatment Nasya Karma – Nasal Cleaning Vasti Karma – Enema Therapy Raktha Mokshana – Blood Letting 3. PASHCHAATH KARMA – POST ACTION There are various Treatments and Therapies that are administered after the completion of Cleansing treatments, to enhance the benefits of Panchakarma Treatment. Sansarjana Karma – Intensifying Treatments Rasayana, Vajeekarana – Rejuvenation and Aphrodisiac Treatments Shamana