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Ayurveda

Ayurveda or Ayurvedic medicine is an ancient system of health care that is native to the Indian subcontinent.

Induring today, used daily by millions of people in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and indirectly through it being the major influence on Unani, Chinese and Tibetan Medicine, in China, Tibet, and Pakistan too.

The word "Ayurveda" is a compound of the words “āyus” “meaning "life" or "life principle", and “veda”, which refers to a system of "knowledge". So "Ayurveda" roughly translates as the:

"Knowledge of life"

"Life" itself is defined as the "combination of the body, sense organs, mind and soul, the factor responsible for preventing decay and death, which sustains the body over time, and guides the processes of rebirth".

In accordance with this perspective, Ayurveda is concerned with measures to protect "life", which includes healthy living along with therapeutic measures that relate to physical, mental, social and spiritual harmony.

Ayurveda is also one among the few traditional systems of medicine to contain a sophisticated system of Surgery (known as "Salya-Chikitsa").

"Ayurveda in Kerala"

Still vibrant, and very much alive in this tiny green land called Kerala, “God's Own Country” is blessed with the bio-diversity to sustain, and a beautiful climate to suit.
Kerala is ideal for Ayurvedic treatment at any time of the year.

Sanjeevani Ayurveda Foundation based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala is a humble attempt to extract the essence of Ayurveda and to impart the fruits of this wisdom to the most needy in society.