Treatments

At Vaidyas Ayurveda Village you will experience many of the traditional ayurveda treatments. Your treatment schedule will be designed based on your state of balance/imbalance. The treatments are performed in fully covered bamboo rooms.

Abhyanga

A variety of Ayurvedic techniques applied by one or two therapists along the energy channels of your body in a synchronized manner to restore the flow of vital energy where it has become blocked. Different oil for different elements/diseases.

  • Increases circulation
  • Lubricates the joints
  • Stimulates the internal organs of the body
  • Corrects indigestion
  • Imparts muscle tone
  • Moves the lymph, aiding in detoxification
  • Increases stamina
  • Benefits sleep—better, deeper sleep
  • Softens and smoothens skin
  • Stimulates nerves
  • Cleansing & Moisturizing
  • Reduces Vata
  • Calming Pitha
  • Stimulating for kapha if made without oil

Udvartana

Udvartana is an invigorating procedure done with specific herbs and oils, used to scrub and exfoliate the skin. This herbal massage will stimulate the skin, leaving you with radiant, toned skin and cleansed skin.

  • Health benefits for nervous system and blood circulatory system
  • Improves lymphatic system
  • For the removal of toxins
  • For loosing weight
  • Cellulite
  • Strenghtening the muscles
  • Reducing kapha
  • For a soft and smooth skin

Dhara

According to the conditions of the patient/imbalance/disease/symptom, the physician will ordinate the corresponding oils/herbs and duration, position of flow as for example in:

Dhara

(Kashayam according to disease. A flow over the whole body)

  • Reduces stress
  • For diabetic patients
  • For heart and urinary disorders
  • For skin diseases
  • Reducing waight
  • Psoreasis
  • Reduces Kapha imbalance

 

Shiro dhara

(A continuous stream of medicated oil or kashayam is poured onto the forehead.)

Relieves the following:

  • Hypertension
  • Menopause
  • Sinusitis
  • Greying of hair
  • Tinnitus
  • Hearing impairments
  • For relaxation
  • Head ache
  • Stress
  • Hormonal imbalance
  • Issues caused during the pre and post menopause
  • Tiredness and mental fatigue
  • Insomnia
  • Helps in stabilizing the nervous system

 

Sheera dhara

(Head or body flow. With karpora or medicinal roots)

  • Head ache
  • Hair loss
  • Early graying
  • Weak memory
  • Sleeping problems
  • Mental disorders
  • Improve skin quality

Sarvanga dhara

(Kashayam (herbs in water) added to oil. Flow over head and full body)

  • Parkinson
  • Spondylitis
  • Lumbar problems
  • Weak veins/muscles
  • For dry skin

 

Thalam

(Paste on top of the head)
For example for migraine, depression, stress relief.

Rasnadhi thalam

  • Inflammation
  • Pain

Neleka thalam

  • Depression
  • Mental disorders
  • Stress

Thala pothichy

Herbs as paste around head and covered with banana leaves

Kizhi

Specially selected herbal leaves or powders are compressed into small bags and then dipped in hot, medicated oil or various herbal liquids and applied to the body or afflicted area. The ingredients seep through the bag and penetrate deep into the body to result in an intensive and therapeutic treatment.

Podhi kizhi

(Powder inside the ball dipped in oil)

  • Kapha and vata imbalance
  • Cervical sponditis
  • Inflammation
  • Parkinson
  • Joint pains
  • Tiredness
  • Stimulating nerves

Naranja kizhi

(Lemon + garlic + coconut, fried and put into a ball of cotton then dipped in oil)

  • Vata/kapha imbalances

Manal kizhi
(Sand in the ball – no oil)

  • Kapha imbalance
  • Inflammation all body
  • Pain reducing

Dhana kizhi

(Navadanya (9 grain mix) in ball dipped in oil)

  • Vata & kapha imbalance

Ila kizhi

(Herbs inside ball dipped in oil)

  • Vata imbalance
  • Arthritics
  • Weakness of veins/muscles
  • Stiffness

 

Navara kizhi

(Steamed navara – no oil)

  • Arthritics
  • Parkinsson
  • Vein/muscle pain
  • Neurological diseases

 

Pizhichil

(Oil squeezed from a cotton ball. Oil including herbs according to element.)

  • Vata and Pittha imbalance
  • Parkinson
  • Spondylitis
  • Tiredness

 

Douma

(smoke)

  • Removes kapha
  • Distroys germs
  • Stimulates nerves
  • Aids hair growth
  • Helps the flow of oxygen to the scalp

 

Swedana

(sweating)

  • Kapha reducing
  • Good for vata (in moderation)
  • Removes water under skin
  • Good for lungs
  • Weight reduction
  • Cleansing all body
  • Cleaning sinuses
  • Skin diseases (medicated steam)
  • Skin cleanser

 

Vasthi

(external)

A dam of herbal dough is built on the affected area, filled with medicated oil with which the patient is left to rest. As a result, it helps in rejuvenating your body by relieving pain, tension and swelling.

Khadi vasthi – lumbar

Greeva vasthi – cervical vertibras, pain, shoulder stiffness

Prishta vasthi – spineproblems, for veins, (long wall of doug)

Ura vasthi– veins, muscles, chest area, vata problems, arthritics

 

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