Swedana is the induction of sweating for therapeutic purposes. This may be used either for the promotion of health or for curing illness. By definition the procedure that alleviates the stiffness of the body, relieves any sense of heaviness and cures feelings of the common cold is called Swedana.

These effects are achieved by increasing the natural process of perspiration. Sweat is a form of waste. According to ayurveda, sweat is produced during the metabolism of medas vis-à-vis adipose tissue, and this sweat has considerable role in maintenance of proper balance of body fluids. The process of sweating also involves eliminations of waste and toxins from the body. These natural functions of sweat are utilised for therapeutic purposes in the swedana procedure. Swedan is a form of treatment, employed to cure specific disease or to relieve symptoms like pain, stuffiness or contracture that may manifest as a symptom in different diseased conditions.

Indication and helps to relieve

• Maintains health in healthy people, and is a therapeutic procedure for diseased people or prior to shodhana for preparation.
• Rhinitis
• Cough
• Dyspnoea
• Heaviness in the body
• Pain in area of the neck