Ayurvedic Treatment is bifurcated into 'Sodhana' & 'Shamana'
Sodhana Chikitsa
Sodhana Chikitsa is purification, detoxification and elimination of doshas ie, impuri- ties from body through natural orifices. PANCHAKARMA comes under sodhana chikitsa
Shamana Chikitsa
Curing diseases with pure Ayurvedic Medicines according to the Ayurveda Samhittas (classical texts) is shamana chikitsa