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Ayurveda  

Ayurveda is an elaborate system of medicine that developed in India in the beginning of first century A.D. The potentialities of Ayurveda was first described by Charaka, a great scholar of ancient India. This field of inquiry regarding the health and treatment of diseases was based on the medicinal property of herbs and some common practices and techniques of preparation and administering them.

The literal meaning of Ayurveda, which is a composite formed of two Sanskrit words 'Ayu' (life) and 'Veda' (knowledge), describes it as a field aimed at elucidating information and knowledge about the life or to be precise healthy life. The system was put down as a treatise, Charaka Samhita, which consists of the information of about 500 unconventional drugs. The treatise received a great patronage in the early centuries of Common Era (first A.D. onwards) but lost its ground with the rise of the modern scientific approach. However, recent developments in the field including researches conducted in the sub continent by eminent scholars, during the last few decades have put it back on the track.

The effect of nature and various live forms, especially plants and trees on health is immense which nobody can deny. Coupled with the fact that some exercises are meant to improve the health statistics, ayurveda has been gaining importance and reputation beyond India. Thousands of testimonials have long acknowledged the benefits of the practice. There has been a gradual increase in the number of ayurvedic centres in Indian sub continent.

Ayurveda Centres

Kerala is one of the few destinations in India where ayurveda is widely practiced. The last few decades have seen a manifold increase in the services provided by various popular resorts in Kerala. With immense patronage received from the government agencies to protect this ancient field, ayurveda has gained quite a momentum in the state. Numerous centres have been established throughout Kerala and there has been a growing popularity, especially among the foreign tourists who reach here.