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About Traditional Ayurveda Practitioners of Kerala

This session is dedicated to countless Ayurvedic practitioners of the past from Kerala. Ayurveda would not flourish without the selfless service of those countless vaidyas who have defied all odds to extent their hands to the poor and needy with their knowledge.

Family Traditions in Ayurveda, Ashtavaidyas of Kerala

Ashtavaidya is an Ayurvedic practitioner who is proficient in all the eight different branches of Ayurvedic treatment. Kerala’s rise as a prominent center for Ayurveda is in a great way indebted to the selfless service of ashtavaidyans. Their service can’t be fully appreciated without mentioning the social situations that prevailed in India and Kerala till less than a century ago.

Rama Varma Appan Thampuran

Ramavarma Appan Thampuran was the thing of erstwhile Kochi princely state. He promoted Ayurveda education among his people. He was a patron of many students of Ayurveda – he sponsored the education of many financially backward students that wished Ayurveda education.

V M Kuttikrishna Menon

VM Kuttikrishna Menon is the son of Appan Thampuran. He translated the six main chapters of Ashtangahridayam to common man’s language. He also wrote ‘kriya kaumudi’, a book that depicts damstra chikitsa or toxicology. It concerns mainly about snake venom and treatment.

Vachaspathy T C Parameswaran Moossathu

Vachaspathi TC Parameswaran Moosathu was a famous Ayurvedic practitioner of Kerala in the last century. His book on Amarakosam, Parameswary entitled him the honorary distinction – Vachaspathi.

Vaidyamadom Valiya Narayanan Namboodiri

Vaidyamadom family is one among the rare breed of ashtavaidya families of Kerala. vaidyamadom Valiya Narayanam Namboodiri is a link in the chain of ashtavaidya tradition in Kerala.

Vaidya Ratnam PS Warrier – Ayurveda Acharyas of Kerala

Vaidyaratnam P S Warrier is well known as the founder of Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala. Panniampalli Sankunni Warrier is also remembered for his contributions to Ayurveda education, production of medicines, and spread of Ayurveda.

Vaikkath Pachu Moothathu — Ayurveda Practitioners of Kerala

Vaikkath Pachu Moothathu was a palace physician (kottaram vaidyan) of Travancore. He got honorary ‘veerasringhala’ from Ayilyam Thirunal Maharaja.

Vallathol Narayana Menon – Ayurveda Acharyas of Kerala

People of Kerala know Vallathol Narayana Menon better as a romantic poet only. The knowledge that he was an Ayurvedic practitioner and also a writer of Ayurvedic books in Malayalam may be new to most people in Kerala.

Vaidyavachaspathi Ayurvedacharya KC Kunjiraman Vaidar

Ayurveda Acharya Kunjiraman Vaidyar is a proficient Ayurveda practitioner. His main contribution to Kerala Ayurvedics is the form of three books – Ayurveda Chikitsa Sidhanthangal, Ayurvedathile Maulika Sidhanthangal and Rogavum Chikitsayum, which are all now the textbook for Ayurveda students in Kerala.

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