INDIA KERALA-HOME OF AYURVEDA (PART 2)

COME HOME TO THE WORLD’S LARGEST POOL & QUALIFIED, TRAINED PROFESSIONALS

Some of the most effective Ayurvedic processes and protocols that have emerged during the last few centuries owe their existence to Kerala. Here, generations of Ayurvedic practitioners have dedicated their lives to re interpreting the theories of this age old science – adapting them into effective healing system for everyday life. It is in Kerala that Kashaya Chikitsa (treatment using concoctions) became a standardized protocol and Panchakarma treatment, which is mostly a detoxing phase, became a curative process. The Kerala Vaidyars have also made great strides in toxicology and in the treatment of fractures, arthritis, jaundice etc.

The latest immobilization techniques and hundreds of kizhis (herbal powders tied in muslin bag) were found here. Today, a new generation of physicians consisting of more than 12000 Ayurvedic doctors carry forward this tradition of excellence for you. Trained in modern diagnostic techniques, they practice Ayurvedic as a scientific discipline backed by research and contemporary anatomical findings.

The Kani tribes of Kerala knew the healing power of many herbs like arogyapacha ( Trichopus zeylanicus).For many years, when allopathic medicines failed to cure critical liver diseases, people turned to a concoction called malamarunnu ( literally medicine of the mountain ) that the Kani elders prepared from arogyapacha.

COME HOME TO A STRONG HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE

More than 100 government run Ayurveda hospitals with over 2700 beds, several private health centres, around 750 dispensaries, over 800 registered Ayurveda medicine manufacturing units……Kerala offers you one of the world’s best Ayurvedic healthcare infrastructure. Home to some of India‘s oldest Ayurvedic institutions, here you will find several premier Ayurvedic centres. 

 Ayurvedic ashrams, clinics, resorts and spas. Kerala also has india’s largest number of Ayurveda colleges including the country’s first Ayurvedic college started in 1889 at Thiruvananthapuram.

Today, the State is India’s most important hub for Ayurvedic studies with 16 Ayurveda colleges that offer graduate and post graduate programmes. Affiliate to universities in Kerala,these colleges play an important role in moulding a new generation of professionals who are well equipped to heal the world.

To showcase the riches of Kerala to his superiors, the then Dutch Governor of Kerala, Van Rheede produced a tome in 12 volumes called the Hortus Malabaricas  of ( The Garden of Malabar). In this treatise on 78 rare plant species found in Kerala, Van Rheede points out that many valuable drugs used in European cities, were actually made from medicinal plant’s of Malabar.

COME HOME TO A PURE AND AUTHENTIC WELLNESS EXPERIENCE

The popularity of Ayurveda has today led Kerala Tourism to take stringent measures in sustaining the quality of the products and services offered. A certification system has been introduced by the Government to classify centres into Green Leaf and Olive Leaf categories based on the quality and standard of services and products. The classifications ensure that the treatments and therapies are offered only under the supervision of a qualified physician with a recognized degree in Ayurveda and that all masseurs have sufficient training from recognized Ayurvedic institutions. 

The therapeutic and rejuvenative programmes offered by these centres are also approved by a special committee and measures are taken to ensure that the medicine used its from an approved and reputed firm.The Ayurveda centres in Kerala are graded based on the quality of technical personnel, medicine, health programmes and equipment.

COME HOME TO AN INSPIRING HEALING HOLIDAY

Acclaimed as one of the 50 must see destinations of a lifetime. Kerala lets you blend wellness with leisure. Thanks to ease and affordability of international travel as well as the improved standard of care, every year thousands of travellers from across the world arrive here to surrender themselves to the healing power of Ayurveda. In this land hailed as the “Mecca of Ayurveda”, they refresh and rejuvenate themselves, with Kerala’s lush greenery and pleasant climate acting as a balm to their weary minds and bodies.

The close proximity of theme destinations further enables visitors to move from one to another in a matter of hours to enjoy a holiday by the backwaters, beach, hill station or forests. With Ayurvedic Institutions, resorts and spas located in some of the most scenic locations of the State. Your healing holiday will never be far away.

Ancient texts prescribe the monsoon season (June- August) as the ideal time for Ayurveda. It is during this season that the atmosphere remains cool and dust-free letting the pores of the body open to a maximum, making the skin most receptive to therapy.