PAIN MANAGEMENT

When it comes to managing your pain, Ayurveda offers the best solutions. Using all-natural ingredients, such as herbs, oils, plant extracts, pastes, etc., chronic pain can be treated effectively without any side-effects. In Ayurveda, it is believed that, along with the pain management, it is also important to enhance the Mental Health of a person. This will further improve the overall health of an individual, helping him lead a fulfilling life. The Ayurvedic pain relief treatment is designed keeping the individual in mind. It is formulated according to one’s habits, lifestyle choices, body type, etc. The Ayurvedic treatments for pain are; massage therapies, basti, kizhi, etc. Since they are non-surgical, you can be stress-free while undergoing these treatments.

ABHYANGAM

A full body massage (Head to Toe) done with medicated herbal oils. It relieves pains and aches in the joints by lubricating the same, improves blood circulation and channelizes nerve ending.

Nasyam

It includes administration of medicated drugs or oils through nostrils. Medicated oils or powders stimulate some vital centers of the brain that reduce pain perception

Spine Basti

In Spine Basti specially prepared warm herbal oil is poured over the spinal cord and retained inside a well created using black gram paste or whole wheat flour. Spine Basti is used in the treatment of spine stiffness and inter-vertebral disc prolapses.

Pizhichil

Pizhichil is the squeezing of warm medicated oil onto the body of the patient from a piece of cloth that is periodically soaked in a vessel containing the medicated oil. Pizhichil literally means squeezing. It helps improve muscle tone and strengthen them thereby providing the much-needed support.

Upanaham

In Upanaham medicinal paste is applied over the affected area and covered with medicinal herbal leaves for a specific amount of time as per your body’s requirement. It helps relieve pain and swelling by nourishing the tissues. It is very effective in osteoarthritis, joint injuries and localized pain and swelling.

Greeva Basti

In Greeva Basti specially prepared warm herbal oil is poured over the neck and retained inside a well, created with black gram paste or whole wheat flour. It is used in the treatment of neck and upper back conditions like cervical spondylosis, stiff neck and pain due to muscular strain.

Padabhyangam

Herbal foot massage that focuses on vital pressure points to balance the Doshas. Stimulation of vital points causes faster body revitalization.

Kashaya Basti

Kashaya Basti involves enema using medicated decoction. It is used to treat lower backache, gout, and rheumatism.

Sneha Basti

Sneha Basti involves enema using medicated oil. It is used to treat lower backache, gout, and rheumatism.

Janu Basti

In Janu Basti specially prepared warm herbal oil is poured over the knee and retained inside a well created using black gram paste or whole wheat flour. It is used in the treatment of osteoarthritis of knee joints, osteoporosis, and Arthritis of knee joints and chronic pain of the knee joints.

Kati Basti

In Kati Basti specially prepared warm herbal oil is poured over the lower back and retained inside a well created using black gram paste or whole wheat flour. It is helpful in lower back conditions like lumbar spondylosis, inter-vertebral disc prolepses, lumbago (a low backache), and sciatica.

Kizhi

Kizhi uses powders, herbs, rice, sand tied in a muslin cloth to make small satchels. These powders, herbs, rice or sand sacks are then heated and lightly pounded over the body or specific parts of the body as needed. This massage provides dry heat for aggravated Vata and vata kapha conditions. The heat generated in Kizhi helps to pacify the aggravated vata thus relieving the associated pain immediately.