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Nasya Ayurvedic Treatment

Ayurveda  is the basic method of therapeutics  to retain health and heal diseases. The techniques of biocleancing are called Panchakarma that consists of five procedures:emesis(vamana),purgation(virechana),oilenema(anuvasana), decoction enema (asthapana) and nasal application of medicine (nasya).  The definition Nasayam Bhavet nasyam: ‘Administration of medicaments through nasal route is called nasya’. Nasa hi siraso dwaram tat vyapya thena hanthi tan: ‘Nose is the entrance to the organs of the head and the impact of the medicine will spread to the vital organs and cure the diseases’. Ayurveda implies that the medications administered via the nose reach the Sringataka marma. It is a marma in the head made by the union of blood vessels supplying blood to the nose, ear, eye and the tongue. Thus, the drug administered through nasya may enter the above blood vessels and purifies them. Nasya can be performed with meat, milk, decoction, oils and ghee, ...