| Pancha Karma is the process which gets to the root | | | | body, mind, and consciousness. Ayurveda defines |
| cause of the problem and corrects the essential | | | | health as the state where every aspect of our being is |
| balance of mind, body, and emotions. Pancha Karma is | | | | working properly and in harmony with all its other |
| not only good for alleviating disease but is also a useful | | | | aspects. |
| tool in maintaining excellent health. Ayurveda advises | | | | |
| undergoing Pancha Karma at the seasonal changes to | | | | Basically, any aggravation of the doshas affects agni |
| both keep the metabolism b and keep toxins from | | | | (the digestive fire) and produces toxins, or ama. Other |
| accumulating in the Mind/Body. | | | | factors play a role in the formation of ama, as well. |
| | | | | Some of these factors are poor digestion of food, |
| Ayurveda, the ancient "science of life" is one of the | | | | improper food combinations and choices, poor drinking |
| oldest forms of health care in the world. It is a wholistic | | | | water, pollution, pesticides in food, emotional and |
| science that places great emphasis on prevention and | | | | physical stress or trauma, and so on. These toxins |
| aims at bringing about and maintaining harmony of | | | | accumulate and spread throughout the body. |