CRITICAL REVIEW OF SNEHANA KARMA (OLEATION THERAPY)

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Akhilanath Parida Satyasmita Jena Varun Sawant

Abstract

Snehana karma (Oleation therapy) used in the preoperative of shodhana (purification) karma. Generally, sneha is administered in an increasing manner for 3 to 7 days or till the appearance of proper oleation features. Oleation acts in every respect of the processes to bring dosha to koshtha and bring utklesha of the dosha. Oleation therapy is the main preparatory procedure to be performed before purification. Acharya Charaka has described a lot of about snehana karma.
Keywords: Snehana karma, abhyanga karma, oleation therapy, shodhana, panchakrma.

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Parida, A., Jena, S., & Sawant, V. (2020). CRITICAL REVIEW OF SNEHANA KARMA (OLEATION THERAPY). International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biological Science Archive, 8(1). Retrieved from https://ijpba.in/index.php/ijpba/article/view/153
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