Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Kerala.
Founded by Vaidyaratnam P. S. Varier in 1902, it led the revival of authentic ayurveda in India. Varier pioneered ayurvedic medicine production and treatment on modern lines.
According to Dr. P. K. Warrier, managing trustee and chief physician, the guiding vision is the “Preservation and promotion of ayurveda by providing genuine ayurvedic medicines, treatment, education and research facilities for the benefit of the whole world and maintaining the ayurvedic system of health care resorting to timely adaptations”.
Arya Vaidya Sala spans a national network of 14 branches (including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore) and 1000–odd distributors that market its 500–plus formulations. Its herbal garden and medicine manufacturing centers are the best in India and the Kottakkal Ayurveda College promotes ayurvedic education.
Nestled in the quiet town of Kottakkal in North Kerala, Arya Vaidya Sala’s Ayurvedic Hospital with four treatment blocks, attracts patients from all over India and the world. Genuine ayurvedic medicines, panchakarma, rasayana therapy and Kerala special treatments are provided. Research on cancer and rheumatoid arthritis is being done there.
Kottakkal Ayurvedic Hospital at Karkardhooma, Delhi, offers panchakarma and Kerala special treatments. It has air–conditioned VIP suits with attached treatment rooms, standard rooms with air–cooling system, common treatment areas and free wards.
- Kottakkal, Kerala, 676 503, India
Telephone: +91 483 2742216, +91 483 2742561
Website: www.aryavaidyasala.com
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Karkardhooma, Delhi, 110092.
Telephone: +91 11 22376534, +91 11 22376553
The health wing of Jiva Institute, Faridabad, Haryana, it propagates original ayurveda worldwide. Dr. Partap Chauhan, Director of Jiva Ayurveda, is famous for treating chronic and incurable diseases. Jiva aims to present ayurvedic principles, products and treatment in its original form. Jiva focusses on healing, not mere treatment, and it is followed up to get convincing results.
Jiva has an ayurvedic panchakarma centre in Faridabad and conducts ayurvedic residential courses through its Ayurscape programme, at Sector – 21B, Faridabad. Ayurscape also offers treatments including oil massage, shirodhara, medicated steaming, yoga, pranayama and meditation.
Through Ayunique, a holistic, personalized ayurvedic care program, Jiva has treated diseases like cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, SLE, arthritis, diabetes, migraine, hepatitis, skin diseases, kidney dysfunction, fibroids and tumours. Ayunique services are also available online (www.ayunique.com). Teledoc, a Jiva venture, brings ayurvedic telemedicine services to rural villages. The Jiva College of Ayurveda offers certificate courses, both online and at Jiva Institute.
- 1144, Sector 19, Faridabad, Haryana.
Telephone: +91 129 2296174, +91 129 5041541
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Website: www.ayurvedic.org or www.jiva.org
Part of Rajah Ayurvedic Hospitals, it offers traditional ayurvedic treatment with resort facilities located in the hilly countryside of Kerala. Kerala special methods and treatments for diseases like anxiety, arthralgia, asthma, back pain, diabetes, disc prolapse, eye diseases, hypertension, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis are available. Cottages surrounded by lush greenery provide a serene atmosphere, increasing the effectiveness of healing. Rajah Healthy Acres revived the ancient age–reversing kayakalpa rasyana therapy in India.
Rajah Ayurvedic Hospitals has another ayurveda centre, Rajah Islands, on a 14–acre island on the backwaters of Kerala. Facilities include air–conditioned houseboats with bedrooms, cottages overlooking the backwaters and the river, suites and treatment rooms.
- Perumannoor, Chalissery, Kootanad,
Palakkad District, Kerala, 679 536
Telephone: +91 466 2256305
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Website: www.ayurveda–in.com
Located near Chowara, close to the famed Kovalam Beach, Kerala, this is a unique ayurvedic centre, catering to foreign and domestic tourists, with Olive Leaf Classification given by the department of tourism, government of Kerala. Dr. V. Franklin, chief medical officer, was formerly district medical officer (ayurveda) of Kerala government. Hailing from a family with 400 years of ayurvedic background, he has 35 years experience with panchakarma.
Shin Shiva Ayurvedic Resort with accommodation facing the scenic seashore is the central attraction of Dr. Franklin’s Centre. Packages include panchakarma, massage, Kerala special methods, rasayana therapy, a modernised version of kayakalpa longevity treatment, yoga, meditation and body purification. Special treatments are available for psoriasis, bronchial asthma, arthritis and mental ailments.
- Chowara P. O. Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala, 695 501, India.
Telephone: +91 471 2480870, +91 471 2267974
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Website: www.dr–franklin.com
Nagarjuna Ayurvedic group, the second largest in Kerala, has the highest Olive Leaf Certification by government. Nagarjuna manufactures medicines, cultivates medicinal plants and provides ayurvedic education.
Nagarjuna’s Ayurvedic Centre situated on the banks of Periyar river at Kalady, Kerala, provides comprehensive treatments. This much sought–after destination is a blend of ayurvedic insights, modern amenities and natural surroundings. Nagarjuna’s new nature–based, multi–disciplinary holistic centre at Mulamkuzhi, Kerala, just 20 km away from Cochin International Airport, will become operational towards the end of 2005.
- Thannipuzha, Okkal P. O.,
Kalady, 683550, Kerala, India.
Telephone: +91 484 2463350, +91 484 2460854
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The state’s first ISO 9002 ayurvedic company, founded by Dr. J. Hareendran Nair, offers ayurvedic treatment, manufactures medicines and runs a self–financing ayurveda college. The medicines Pankaja Kasthuri for asthma, Ilogen Excel tablets for diabetes and Somatone caspsules for hypertension are hailed as wonder drugs.
Tucked away in the tranquil Poovachal village near Thiruvananthapuram, the Pankajakasthuri Panchaka–rma Centre, with 18 beds, combines natural environment with modern amenities. Through the franchisee scheme Ayurjeevanam, Pankaja–kasthuri has established a chain of panchakarma centers. Ayurjeevanam aims to make the ayurvedic principles of good health more relevant to modern times by triggering lifestyle changes.
- Poovachal, Trivandrum, Kerala 695575, India.
Telephone: +91 472 2895301, +91 472 2896301
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Situated amidst tea gardens, the centre provides traditional ayurveda, yoga and meditation packages. Founded in 1950 by a family with three generations of experience in ayurveda and yoga, the resort features glass cottages designed according to vaastu for enhancing healing energies.
The retreat won the award for authentic and exceptional service from Ayurveda and Yoga Survey. Treatments offered include panchakarma, rejuvenation, anti–stress, weight–loss, anti–aging kayakalpa and advanced treatments for a range of diseases.
- 286, Sanatorium Kambisholai Road,
Coonoor 643 231, Tamil Nadu, India.
Telephone: +91 423 2233161, +91 423 2231912
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This place offers a rejuvenation package at the resort, including oil massage, steam bath and vasti. Specialised treatments like vajeekarana (aphrodisiac treatment), weight reduction, low back pain treatment and yoga are also available.
Treatment at Aatma is unique as ashtavaidyas, the descendants of the disciples of Buddhist Ayurvedic expert Vagbhata, are the traditional Kerala physicians, prominent in all eight branches of ayurveda.
- Near Panchayath Office,
Muriyad, P. O. 680 323, India.
Telephone: +91 480 3091039, +91 480 2881397
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Website: www.mooss.com
This is one of the government ayurvedic institutions providing education, research and treatment. With around 200 beds the hospital provides both inpatient and outpatient treatment in all ayurvedic branches.
- Dr. G. Unnikrishnan M. D. (ayurveda),
Professor and H.O.D, (R & B),
Telephone: +91 474 2745690
Cell Phone: +91 9387906974
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