What is a Swedana Ayurvedic Treatment?

Swedana is one of the oil massages in ayurveda. The massage is then followed by a herbal steam bath. The herbal bath is given with some specially picked medicinal herbs. The treatment helps loosen the blood vessels, thus detoxifies the entire body system.

Swedana ayurvedic treatment includes several different forms of heat therapies. Heat applied to the body can be damp or dry, locally or to the whole body. The process open tissues of the body with moisture and heat saturation. When the tissues get open, toxins deep seated in the body can be expelled out of the skin, thus reduces inflammation, promotes healing, improves blood circulation and restoration.

Swedana Ayurvedic Treatment

• The treatment is done with various herbs mixture and medicated powder.
• The entire body is massaged with the herbal mixtures warmed in medicated oil.
• After oil application, the body is made to perspire by applying medicated rice packs.
• This promotes blood circulation, enhances perspiration and also expel waste out of the skin.
• This treatment also makes the skin glow.
• Herbal oil is first applied over the skin.
• The massage expels toxins out of the skin, while oil protects the skin pore from becoming loose by steam treatment.
• The person undergoing the treatment, is made to perspire inside a herbal steam chamber.
• Steam opens up the smallest pores of the skin and removes all toxins.

Types of Swedana Treatment
There are 2 types of swedana treatment –

• Bashpa Swedana
• Nadi Swedana

Bashpa Swedana –
It is a full body herbal steam remedy. It is given after massage is completed to increase the benefits of therapy. Through this process, oil gets deeper into the skin and dislodges deep rooted toxins in the layers of skin.

Nadi Swedana –
It is the specialised remedy to relieve pain in the body. In this treatment, herbalized steam is passed in specific regions of the body, often along energy lines in the body, called Nadi. It relieves pain and soreness in the body, such as achy joints and muscles. It also promotes blood circulation, restores flexibility in tensed and paining areas. The therapy is considered to be a gift in the conditions of arthritis, immobility and neuromuscular conditions.

Benefits of Swedana Treatment
Following are some of the benefits of swedana treatment –

• The therapy revitalizes the skin.
• Swedana promotes perspiration.
• It improves blood circulation.
• Elimination of wastes from the skin.
• Skin tone gets improved.

It is an excellent remedy for skin toning and for a long term skin glow.