Ayurveda Sri Lanka

What kind of treatments can we offer for your recuperation and well-being at "Spring of Life"?

Massage-Therapies

Synchronised Abhyanga - Synchronised Massage
Two hands on both sides of your body massage you from your shoulders to your toes in a continuous wavy motion with synchronized pressure. It balances your doshas, relaxes your tense muscles, improves the blood circulation, helps to slow down the ageing process and leads to rejuvenation. It relieves fatigue and balances the nervous system. The specially prepared herbal oil is selected by our Doctor to meet each individual requirements and composition..

Shirsha Abhyanga - Head massage
Head massage with selected herbal oils promotes hair growth, relieves symptoms of stress and provides a sense of deep relaxation and tranquillity. Head massage leads to correct balance in the immune system and hormones.

Vakthra Abhyanga - Face massage
Enhances nourishment and cleansing of facial tissues which gives a glowing complexion to the face.
It helps to maintain good tone and elasticity to all skin layers to hold your youthful contours. Alleviates facial tensions and bodily stress and reduces wrinkles.

Pada Abhyanga - Foot Massage
A foot massage provides a complete therapy by stimulating reflexes in the sloes of your feet to maintain proper hormonal secretion, optimum blood circulation and to increase mental and physical energy.
Nearly every day our guests receive this valuable treatment.

Kati Griva Vimardhana - Back-, Neck- and Shoulder-Massage
Incorrect postures lead to back and neck stiffness. The massage restores flexibility and relieves strained muscles.

Oil Therapies

Shirodara - Stream of oil to the forehead
The "Shirodara" treatment addresses the mental and physical dimensions of Ayurveda as it seeks to bring mind and body into harmony. This is the most relaxing, revitalizing and energizing treatment for your body, mind and spirit. It connects the five senses and balances the nervous system through the body. We use individually made pure natural herbal oils.
The treatment is used for the following symptoms:
anxiety, restlessness, neck stiffness, frozen shoulder, insomnia, psychiatric disorders, facial paralysis and migraine.

Shiro Vasti - Oilcap on the head
Oil is poured into a special cap on the head.
This treatment is used for the alleviation of the same symptoms as Shirodara and produces similar results.

Akshitharpana - Eye bath
A method of keeping the oil over the eye in a small artificially created tank with the help of a special paste.
Symptoms: Dry eye, glaucoma, myopia.
This treatment improves vision, brightness of eyes, growth of eye lashes

Raktha Mokshana - blood letting through medicinal leeches
Indication: skin diseases, abscess, varicose
veins, glaucoma
This is blood letting by special medicinal leeches
to remove in a save way the poison of the blood.

Saravangadara - Oil bath
Luke warm herbal oil is poured in a continuous stream over the whole body in different postures by two therapists in a special rhythmic movement with a gentle massage.
Symptoms: Nervous weakness, joint disorders, parkinson, multiple scleroses, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis

Ekangadara
Special prescribed warmed herbal oil pouring over the affected part of the body like knees and ankles.
Indication: knee pains, heel pains.

Oil-Pichu
Oil soaked cotton is put on the affected part of the body.
Symptoms: Osteo-arthritis, muscular pains, joint stiffness

Kati Vasti
A special treatment that keeps oil on the vertebra.
Symptoms: Back pain, lumbar spondilosis, sciatica,
disc prolapsed

Herbal Therapies

Pinda Sweda - Fermentation of herbal balls
Pinda Swedha is a fermentation process, using balls made from medicinal leaves, herbs, seeds and powders.
It relieves muscular tension, aches and pain, rheumatism and arthritis, paralysis and numbness.

Navarakizi - Milkrice-Fermentation
Administration of milk rice with herbs as bundles soaked in milk to ferment all over the body. It gives nourishment to the nervous system and gives softness to the skin. It helps muscle wasting conditions, paralysis, numbness of the legs and arms etc.

Parisheka

Bristling of boiled herbal water on affected part.
Symptoms: Skin disorders, arthritis, sciatica

Sweating therapies

Sauna
After oiling the body you go to the natural sauna, which is heated to 45 degrees celsius. The sweating opens pores of the skin and removes toxins from the body

Steam Bath
Herbal leaves and roots are boiled. The body gets oiled and lies on herbal leaves in the steam box. The herbal steam brings the body to sweat.
It leads to complete detoxification, relaxation from stress, alleviation of aches and pains.

Herbal Bath
A dip in the warm herbal water will help the healing process and soak away stress, aches and pains. The soaking in herbal water is effective to soften, cleanse the body from toxins.

Smoke house
Burnt herbs provide a smoke inside a traditionally constructed room. This treatment is good for skin disorders as well as relaxation after application of prescribed oil.

Kshira Dara - Milk bath
Luke warm milk, sometimes with herbs, is performed in the same way as Sarvangadara.
Symptoms: for skin disorders like psoriasis, eczemas, allergies, neurodermitis.
It also helps to give a healthy and smooth-looking skin and to delay the aging process.

Steam Inhalation
Steaming herb vapour inhalation gives relief to nasal congestion, hay fever, sinusitis, common cold.

Stone Therapy
Treatment produces sweat when the oiled body lies on a special warmed stone with fresh leaves and herbs to help the body detoxify.
Symptoms: Back pains, rheumatisms

Other Therapies

Accupuncture
Traditional method of Chinese medicine that stimulates vital points with fine needles.

Cupping
Glass cups which helps to relieve muscular pains, back pains etc.

We will keep you feeling young, beautiful, and healthy with the range of beauty treatments, such as:

Udvarthana - Scrub massage
Exfoliates your skin with medicinal powders to remove dead skin and to remove greasy layers. It is a wonderful experience!

Vakthra Chikithsa - Facial Package
Face massage using rejuvenating oils or creams, followed by a herbal steam and gentle freshly prepared face pack. This makes your skin brighter, smoother and gives you a youthful look.

Alepana - Body wrap
Natural herbal powders with herb juices, freshly prepared, are applied to the skin to help heal skin pigmentations, wrinkles, and for most black eyes.

Flower bath
Stimulates the mind with colourful fresh flowers with different aromas to experience delicate nature as your surrounding.

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