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Panchkarma
Bloodletting
Toxins
absorbed into the bloodstream through the gastro-intestinal
tract get circulated throughout the body, manifesting under the
skin or in the joint-spaces making rooms for disease. Their elimination
and purification of the blood then becomes necessary. Thus his therapy
is very good in case of all imbalance of blood and pitta disorders
as stubborn skin diseases, tumours, gout, excessive drowsiness,
alopecia, hallucinations and enlarged liver & spleen.
A
sharp scalpel is usually used to make superficial, parallel or vertical
incisions with extreme care after a soothing and antiseptic paste
has been applied to the location. The amount of blood let out should
not be more than 350ml. At such times a needle should be used to
puncture a vein. It is however not to be used for people suffering
from general swelling of limbs, debility, severe anemia, piles,
fever, thirst, alcoholism.
The
real objective of Panchakarma is to eliminate the
cause of disease, since in itself the absence of symptoms does not
always indicate a complete cure. Symptoms can often be quickly eliminated.
But cure usually takes more time. Since it is based on the individual
constitution, it is obvious that in very chronic diseases there
may be more sittings required to eliminate the toxins from the body.

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