The 5 Major Advantages of the Panchakarma Treatment and Why You Need It Panchakarma is a therapeutic procedure for purifying your body and mind. It consists of five procedures for removing toxins from your body. Panchakarma relieves tension, purifies, revitalizes, and aids in the restoration of body-mind harmony. Each person, according to Ayurveda, is a unique manifestation of cosmic consciousness in the form of the fundamental five elements: ether, air, fire, water, and earth.