Ksheera Dhoomam
Ksheera Dhoomam is a unique medical practice in which the patient is treated with dhooma or steam, which is released from heated ksheera (milk), through a tube. Depending on the patient’s condition, a decoction made from acceptable medications is combined with warm milk. The affected area of the patient’s body is covered with steam by forcing it through a tube. Ksheera-dhoomam is a mild sudation therapy which brings about sweating in sensitive persons and children. It is also an ideal procedure in conditions involving weakness and wasting of tissues. ksheeradhooma is a combination of two different classical Ayurveda treatments, nourishing (brmhanam) and sudation (svedanam). This therapy subside vaata-pitta vitiation and is highly effective in conditions like facial paralysis,trigeminal neuralgia, speech disorders and other nervous disorders of the face.
