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Udwartana means to elevate or to promote. The name can be attributed either to the treatments ability to improve the body condition or to the upward strokes used in massage here, unlike in other ...
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Various medicated oils have an important role in the traditional Ayurvedic treatment in India. In Sanskrit, oil is called Sneha. Snehadhara is a treatment by pouring medicated oil all over the ...
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Udwartana is a stimulating and exfoliating therapy using a specially prepared herbal powder in the traditional Ayurvedic system of medicine in India. This powder is rubbed all over the body to slough ...
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Medicated paste applied on the crown or forehead is called Talam in the terminology in Kerala tradition of Ayurveda. Different kinds of talams are prescribed according to the nature of the illness. ...
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Snana or herbal bath is not an Ayurvedic treatment and is viewed in Ayurveda as a daily activity, after an oil massage called Abhyanga. Oil should be applied all over the body and sensitive parts ...
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Navarakkizhi, Kerala’s unique contribution to Ayurveda, is a fomentation of the body with bolus of cooked rice. Shastika or navara is a particular kind of rice known for its nutritional ...
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Kerala is especially proud of Navarakkizhi, a Purvakarma therapy, since it is its own contribution to the great system of Ayurveda. It involves the fomentation of the body with a bolus of cooked ...
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