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Griva Basti Therapy - Panchakarma Therapy

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  Griva Basti Therapy Griva Basti Therapy - Panchakarma Therapy The word Griva refers to neck and Basti stands for retaining something inside mainly medicated oil. It is an Ayurvedic neck care and basically a hot oil therapy. Griva Basti is bathing the neck region with medicated oil or freshly prepared herbal decoction. This Ayurvedic Basti Therapy does accurately oleation & sudation around the neck area at the same time. The word Griva Basti comes from Sanskrit.  The procedure does oleation and sudation around the neck region simultaneously. In today’s times people are getting more workaholic which involves a continuous and sitting position, more exposure to computers and lack of body movements, in such people the problems of the spine, muscles and skeletal tissues of neck and shoulder arise. Griva Basti addresses these issues effectively. Procedure: The person undergoing Griva Basti is made to lie face down on the massage table. The dough is prepared out of black gram flour or wh

WHAT IS PANCHAKARMA ?

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Panchakarma includes five natural methods of purgation or elimination, giving the body an intensively detoxifying the body, while balancing the three doshas: Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Vamanam (Emesis Therapy or vomiting):  This process is well supervised at The Ayurvedic Healing Village, by highly trained therapists at our certified Panchakarma hospital. Vamanam is induced to eliminate Kapha, which causes the excess mucus. Congestion in the lungs causes repeated attacks of bronchitis, cold and cough. Vamanam is the best treatment for Kapha-related diseases, as well as chronic skin disease such as psoriasis. Virechanam (Purgation):  The elimination of toxic matter from the intestines by administering therapeutic purgation or a therapeutic laxative, Virechanam is an especially effective cure in cases of jaundice and hemorrhoids. Aasthaapana/Niruham:  An enema using quath or Kashaya Vasti and combating vata dominant disease, (Vata is dominant in the colon). Vasti involves the introduction of