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In their treatment discriptions, wellness hotels often use technical terms, which are hard to understand for potential guests. We have therefore collected and defined the most relevant terms in our small wellness ABC. A tip: Our wellness dictionary also supports word requests. You don't need to know the exact wording.
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Shirodhara
Shirodara - the Ayurveda forehead treatment
The Shirodhara is the name of an Ayurvedic treatment in which warm herbal oil based on sesame oil is applied to the forehead from a hanging bowl in firmly defined paths for a period of 20-50 minutes. This is why this treatment is often called "forehead oil cast" or "forehead cast".
The name comes from Sanskrit, "Shiro" means head and "dhara" means river.
How does a forehead oil treatment work?
In the traditional Ayurveda forehead oil treatment you lie on your back on the treatment table. The oil flows on a wick made of cotton yarn from the hole in the middle of the Dhara vessel onto the forehead.
Shirodhara - How does it work?
The Ayurveda forehead oil triggers a stream of healing substances, which is said to be very helpful especially for neurovegetative disorders and states of exhaustion. The even oil cast leads to a very deep relaxation. Both halves of the brain are synchronised. The Shirodhara is also used in the treatment of
- chronic headaches
- pain syndromes
- insomnia
- stress and burnout syndromes
- depressions and
- numerous other psychsomatic diseases
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Samarakoon Mudiyanselage Upula Priyanka Rathanyaka Waidyathilaka
Vaidya Upula Samarakoon (born 1964) comes from Sri Lanka and is a traditionally trained Ayurveda specialist. In parallel to her five-year study of Ayurvedic medicine, she completed a two-year training in acupuncture.
