Probably the most heard about Ayurveda company of Kerala, SD Pharmacy based at Alappuzha Dist of Kerala is well known in India and abroad as well.

SD Pharmacy believes in retaining the traditional methods of preparing medicines. Sree Dhanwantary (SD) pharmacy started as a very small scale Ayurvedic treatment center and a medicine production center by P S Kesavan Vaidyar in 1939.

Oriental Medicines, Oriental Extracts, Keraleeyam Ayurvedic Resorts, etc come under the wings of SD Pharmacy.

SD PharmacyÂ’s experiments to produce Ayurvedic medicines in capsule form became successful. SD Pharmacy Chyavanaprasham is a good medicine for general weakness. It also gives better mental strengths to students. Thalees tablets and Gastrone are other famous products by the company.

Sitaram Ayurvedic Pharmacy is the first company in India to get Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Certificate. It is also the first joint stock company in entire South India. Sitaram Ayurvedics works in Thrissur Dist of Kerala. Perhaps this is one among the oldest Ayurvedic institutes in Kerala. Its history dates back to 1921, when the company started with the blessings of Maharaja of erstwhile Kochi princely state, Rama Varma.

Scientific comprehension of Ayurvedic information and scientific methods of preparing medicines is the main points about Sitaram Ayurveda laboratory. The laboratory has got recognition from Kerala and India Government Agencies. The production also observes strict in house standards to ensure highest quality in medicines.

They have over 450 medicines; 25 of them are patented medicines.

Glycohr pills for diabetes, Allercants powder for allergy, Sitaram Hair Tone, etc are the main products by the company.

The companyÂ’s latest venture is a multi-specialty Ayurvedic hospital, which has the facilities to practice all the eight branches (ashtanga) of Ayurveda as described in Ashtangahridayam. Panchakarma clinics by Sitaram function in places like Mumbai, Goa, etc. Good Clinical Practise (GCP) is the declared goal of Sitaram Ayurvedic treatment wing.

Vaidyaratnam Oushada Sala, Managed by Thrissur Thaikkattusseri Eledathu Thaikkattu Family, one among the Ashtavaidya families of Kerala, Vaidyaratnam institutes have a prominent place in Kerala Ayurvedic research and development and treatment.

Production of Ayurvedic medicines, hospital and an Ayurvedic Medical College are the main institutes under the flagship of Vaidyaratnam.

Vaidyaratnam Oushadasala (oushada means medicine and sala is a building or institute) was instituted in 1941 by Ashtavaidya E T Neelakandan Moose. He had won prestigious Padmasree award for his contributions to Ayurveda treatment. Vaidyaratnam Ayurvedic Nursing Home was started in the year 1955 and Ayurvedic Medical College in 1976. The nursing home has facilities for panchakarma chikitsa or panchakarma therapy.

Astavaidya Neelakandan Moose Memorial Research Center is an excellent conglomeration of tradition and modern research facilities. They utilize both traditional knowledge and modern facilities in the production of Ayurvedic medicines.

The company concentrates on improving their R & D, treatment facilities than on hitting the market with glitzy advertisements.

Knowledgeable people with the backing of a long tradition – Vaidyaratnam institutes have a unique place in Ayurveda in Kerala.

One of the oldest Ayurvedic pharmacies in Kerala, Vasudeva vilasom has a special place in Kerala Ayurveda map. N Vasudevan Unni, the kottaram vaidyan (palace doctor) of Travancore princes, started this institution in 1885. The founder of this Ayurvedic treatment center was also the first director of Ayurveda training center, which later became the biggest Ayurveda College in the country at Thiruvananthapuram.

The thirummu chikitsa (massage therapy) at Vasudevavilasom is very famous. Well qualified doctors administer the therapy in the most traditional methods. The medicines and oils are prepared in own pharmacy.