Ayurvedic Treatments
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Ayurvedic treatment procedures for edema are explained below.
- Abhyanga
It is a type of Ayurvedic therapy in which oils are used to massage the entire body. For treating edema, abhyanga is generally done using Dashamoola Kwatha. The treatment helps to pacify Vata and pitta and stimulates Kapha.
- Mridu Virechana
It is a mild purgation therapy where herbs, herbal formulation, and oils like castor oil are used to cleanse the body to eliminate toxins, fat, mucous, and pitta. This is most effective in the case of Vata Shotha.
- Lepa
It is an ayurvedic application of medicated preparations in the form of plasters in the direction opposite to the growth of hair to reduce inflammatory swelling. Some of the herbs used for the preparation of lepas are ginger,punarnava, deodar, haritaki,rakta Chandana, etc.
- Raktamokshana
It is one of the five purification therapies described by Acharya Sushruta. It is derived from two words, 'Rakta' which means blood, and 'Mokshana' which means to leave. This process helps in eliminating toxins or poisons from various parts of the body through blood-letting.
As per Ayurveda the treatment usually done to remove the symptoms of edema are Abhyanga, Mridu Virechana, Lepa, and Raktamokshana.