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panchakarma /pan·cha·kar·ma/ (pahn″chah-kahr´mah) [Sanskrit] a fivefold purification treatment used in ayurveda, usually including a purgative to eliminate kapha, a laxative to eliminate pitta, an enema to eliminate vata, inhalation treatment to clear doshas from the head, and bloodletting to purify the blood.

panchakarma (pänˑ·ch

·kärˈ·m

n in Ayurveda, a five-step purification therapy that improves the ability to uptake and receive ojas by removing impurities from the shrotas and body. See also ojas and shrotas.

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