What is soft tissue injury? Soft tissues are the tissues that cover, surround and support the internal organs of our body. These tissues do not get hardened by ossification or calcification and include the muscles, ligaments, tendons, nerves, fat, fibrous tissue, lymph, blood vessels, fasciae, and synovial membranes. Injury to these tissues is termed as soft tissue injury and it shows up as swelling, redness, pain, bruising, lumps, stiffness and loss of function. It can be ei

‘Panchakarma’ is a Sanskrit word derived from ‘pancha’ meaning five and ‘karma’ meaning therapy. Panchakarma consists of 5 major detox therapies, procedures that are written down in ancient Ayurvedic texts like Sushrut Tantra, written in 2000 BCE and in subsequent texts like Charaka Samhita in 1000 BCE and many more that followed. Charaka Samhita is considered as the epic text for Kayachikitsa or Internal Medicine. Along with the reiteration of the basic principles of Ayurved