Pizhichil

Indications:

Vata Disorders,Neurological deficits,Rejuvenation therapy

Time:
Total 75 minutes

Treatment Procedure:

  • While the guest being seated on the stool, having padapooja, apply Thalam on Bregma and prayers to Dhanwanthari has to be made. Neck and Shoulder massage as described in Abhyanga has to be performed for 5 minutes. The patient asked to lie on his stomach without towel wrap, Perform the Body Abhyanga for Prone position followed by Abhyanga for Supine position.
  • Take medicated luke warm oil by dipping the pizhichil towel and start squeezing the towel from the upper part of the thighs to the sole by maintaining equal rhythm on either side. The pizhichil towel soaked in luke warm should be squeezed with right hand, in an inverted position so that, to form a single stream of oil flowing down the tip of the thumb on to the body. 
  • The stream should fall from a height of four angula from the body. Simultaneously do gentle massage with the left hand in circular motion in anuloma direction.The massage is to be very gentle without exerting much pressure and with care not to miss any part. While doing the therapy the oil that gets accumulated inside the droni is collected by dipping the oil and squeezing them out into a heated vessel so as to make it warm and to continue the procedure.
  • Then to be done on anterior part of upper body from chest to upper limb fingersthen to whole body starting from the anterior upper side of the body to the soles Support the patient to change position to prone; in this position, concentrate the lower limb first and move to the upper body then to upper limb and finish by completing the whole posterior aspect of the body.
  •  Duration of each step may be altered according to the choice of the duration of the therapy by the physician.Additional 10 minutes are allocated to focus specially on the problem area.