Panchakarma is an Ayurveda Therapy for cleansing of body toxins, achieve balanced state of body, mind and consciousness. As the name suggests, Pancha in Sanskrit stands for Five and Karma are the therapeutic measures, therefore Panchakarma means five types of therapeutic measures. These five therapeutic measures are undertaken for the purification of the body. Ayurveda considers it necessary before the start of any other therapy. Elimination happens naturally in every living being. Human body is a complex type of machine, which has millions of functions: - majority of them are voluntarily controlled and some involuntary. Millions of cells in the body are working throughout the day to produce energy and to maintain life. In this process lots of wastes are produced at the level of cells.

It is natural that some toxins accumulate in the body as a result of various metabolic activities, which the body performs involuntarily. There are certain toxins that still remain in the body causing many diseases, when their quantity increases beyond a certain limit To bring about equilibrium in the body Ayurveda prescribes Panchakarma- a curative line of treatment that works in the principles of shodhana chikitsa (purification procedure)