Panchakarma Diet

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Panchakarma Diet

Traditionally in Ayurveda, when you went through a panchakarma program, you would follow samsarajana krama which translates to “ a graded administration of diet” or a graduated diet. This is to ensure that your agni is increased gradually so that ama doesn’t begin to accumulate. Our agni or digestive fire is usually weakened during panchakarma since the body is more focused on detoxification than digestion. This is why the graduated diet is so important. The panchakarma diet consists of versions of rice, daal and spices that start more liquified and become more and more solidified.

Panchakarma Diet Recipes

Manda: 1st stage

  • rice water

  • manda means “liquid”

  • first meal after panchakarma

  • the water rice is boiled in with a smidge of ghee and a pinch of black salt

Peya: 2nd stage

  • rice soup

  • peya means “soup”

  • 2nd meal after panchakarma

  • 8 parts water to 1 part rice so that rice becomes super soft and porridge-like

Vilepi: 3rd stage

  • thick rice soup

  • vilepi means “thick soup”

  • 3rd & 4th meals after panchakarma

  • 4 parts water to 1 part rice and spices likes turmeric, fresh ginger, cumin, coriander and fennel can be added along with a little ghee

Odana: 4th stage

  • cooked rice

  • odana means “cooked rice”

  • 5th meal after panchakarma

  • normally cooked rice

Yusha: 5th stage

  • mung lentil soup

  • yusha means “soup mixture”

  • 6th meal after panchakarma

  • check out my mung lentil soup video to learn how to make this soup

Kitchari: 6th stage

  • rice & mung daal porridge

  • 7th meal after panchakarma

  • check out my kitchari video to learn to make it