This therapy is a beautiful combination of two classical Ayurvedic treatments, Snehana (oleation) and Swedana (sudation). The whole body is bathed in streams of lukewarm medicated oil with simultaneous soft massage. More than three liters of relaxing, medicated oil is used in this therapy. Pizhichil protects the body from illnesses and builds up immunity for a healthy life. It is very useful for rheumatic diseases, arthritis, paralysis, sexual weakness, neurological disorders, blood pressure, nervous weakness and helps to arrest the aging process. This procedure helps relieving anxiety, combating depression, regulating blood pressure, relieving body pains, treating rheumatic diseases, alleviating arthritic symptoms, overcoming paralysis, curing sexual weakness, reducing neurological disorders, keeping skin young, and preventing aging.

This is a therapy with herbs tied in cloth bags and immersed in heated medicated oils placed on the area to be treated. This is followed by specific massages, done using the fingers, heel of the hand or palm. The pressure application varies according to the nature of ailment, age, body type and the spot. This treatment is for osteoarthritis, arthritis with swelling, spondylosis, sports injuries etc.

Glowing skin not only enhances our self-confidence but is also an indicator of our health.

Herbal cream is applied on face and neck through constant massage movements for 30 minutes. Later, gentle herbal steam is given and different herbal face pack dissolved in rose water is gently applied on the area. This treatment is very good for the toning of face muscles, to induce relaxation and helps getting relief from acne problem.

Nature has best solutions for all kinds of beauty-related issues. All we need to immerse into nature’s potential to keep our skin beautiful all round the year as well as prevent premature ageing. Ayurveda, our very own science of medicine, hailing from ancient times, is a storehouse of a number of herbal remedies which can naturally enhance the beauty of our skin, preventing several common skin concerns such as pimples, acne, spots, dark circles, scars, wrinkles etc.

Urovasti is effective in the treatments for asthma, other respiratory problems, heart diseases and muscular and chest pain.

A rectangular reservoir, made of black gram dough, is built up on the heart area. Warm medicated oil or medicated ghee is kept over the chest for 30 minutes to 45 minutes. The oil is recycled periodically to keep it warm. The healing properties of herbal oils are used for this. This treatment enriches the blood and builds and maintains strong muscles and connective tissues at the heart area. It is also a preventive treatment for heart from strokes and other related blocks. It also relieves deep seated anxiety, anger and sadness, beneficial for Cardio Myopathy and relieves for Asthma and Respiratory problems.

Udwarthanam is special therapeutic deep tissue massage using herbal powders. Udwarthanam means to elevate or to promote. This massage involves upward stroking, where the powder is rubbed forcibly on the body. Classical treatises on Ayurveda explain this procedure as a daily routine.

The whole body is gently massaged with medicated powders prepared with various herbs. This helps to reduce fat patches from the body known as cellulites, toning of the muscles, improves blood circulation and eases joint pains. Regular Udvartanam is good for not only cellulites but it helps to lose weight by increasing the basal metabolic rate.

The massage is done with warm herbal powder in the opposite direction to hair follicles by two therapists. The procedure is performed in seven postures. After completion the person is advised to take rest for 30 minutes, followed by a shower with warm water.

The benefits of Udwarthana Pacifies the aggravated Kapha dosha. It reduces the excess fat accumulated in the subcutaneous tissues, softens and exfoliates dead skin cells, thereby giving a lustrous glow to skin, detoxification, purification, toning the skin, eliminates bad body odor, improves mobility of joints.

Strengthens and tones up the muscles, refreshes and rejuvenates the body, takes care of conditions due to improper blood supply, improves the circulation; opens up the body channels (Srotus) increasing the basal metabolic rate, tones up the skin and muscles after the child birth, removes cellulite and helps in weight reduction, improves the sense of touch, makes the body and mind alert; gives a sense of lightness of the body, reduces the blood cholesterol.

The dry powder massage is useful in the following conditions:

• Motor Neuron Disorders
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Muscular dystrophy
• Multiple sclerosis
• Diabetes mellitus
• Parkinsonism
• Cerebral palsy
• Skin diseases
• Hemiplegia
• Sciatica
• Obesity

The administration of drugs through the nose, is called Nasya. Nasya is particularly useful in the treatment of diseases occurring in the organs situated above the clavicle. It will promote the functions of the sensory and motor organs above the clavicle. It specifically provides strength to the head, nose and neck. Indirectly it works on the whole body by improving the functioning of the endocrine glands. It will prevent premature wrinkling, graying and falling of the hair. This is useful for stiffness in the head, neck, teeth and jaw, hemicranias, Pain in the shoulders, Chronic coryza (sinusitis), Diseases of mouth, nose, ear, eye and head, facial paralysis, hoarseness of voice and tooth ache and other tooth disorders.

Vashpaswedaman is herbal steam bath which is an amazingly refreshing experience – the herbal mix stimulates and invigorates. The herbal steam bath is an age-old tradition, which, like massage, has been passed down through generations of skilled. This is a unique treatment and under this treatment leaves of medicinal plants are boiled and resulting steam is passed to the whole body. This is also indicated as purvakarma for Panchakarma procedures. The treatment helps to eliminate impurities from the body, reducing fat and helping recovery from skin diseases.