Detoxifies, relieves muscle pain, improves circulation, relaxes, fights congestion, balances doshas and relieves stress. Improves colds, coughs, hiccups, asthma, earache, neck and headache. Also useful for stiffness and heaviness of the body, general body pain.

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Swedana means sweating, hence any Ayurvedic treatment involving "swedana" promotes sweating to allow detoxification. Usually indicated after other treatments such as Abhyanga. It has a relaxing and detoxifying effect on the body. Swedana is a steam bath in a specially designed room. The heating of the whole body by the herbal steam expands the capillaries and fissures in the tissues. This makes it easier for toxins to be released. Although the word 'swedana' literally means sweating, the purpose of this treatment is not 'sweating', but the spreading of energy channels (Shrotas) and capillaries, which facilitates the drainage of toxins (Ama) from the tissues.