Arya Vaidya Sala in Kottakal

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I found this article in your archives. Would some one who has had

treatment at the Arya Vaidya Sala in Kottakal please post about

his/her experiences. Any body???

 

 

http://health.ayurveda/message/8813

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AVS is famous as one of the most important Ayurvedic institutions in

the world - it has held a premier place in Ayurveda for many years. It

is a cheritable orginazation run at a very high level of

professionalism. People come from all over the world to receive

treatment there. Famous people including Prime Ministers have gone

there. The problem is that it is too famous making it difficult to get

in there. You must book many months in advance and during the winter

season many people book as much as one year ahead.

 

Also I recommend that if you can afford it bring your own cook since

the number one weak point at AVS is diet is not taken care of

properly. This is true in many Ayurvedic medical centers in Kerala.

Many patients eat in the workers canteen which has good Kerala meals

but this food is not good for patients. Most of the rich people who go

there bring their own cooks.

 

This place is also cheaper than most of the Kerala hospitals. Most of

the institutions maintained by the famous families have become

rediculously expensive for foreigners. They have a two level pricing

system with the charges for foreigners being out of hand. Several of

the most famous institutions have failed in their Ayurvedic centers

because of this. Kerala Ayurveda Pharmacy opened a center at Kappad

Beach that failed simply because the cost was too much. Most of these

people do not understand who the patient base is for Ayurvedic

services. This trend of charging foreigners many times more than the

Indians has harmed Ayurveda more than any other thing, I have heard

complaints on this point many times. One can see this in the selling

of medicines in the Internet, it is not unusual to see huge mark-ups

on medicines that can be bought in India for a fraction of the cost.

This is sad to me. If a company thinks it is necessary to charge more

for the handling of foreign orders then simply charge a handling fee,

but to up the price to an outrageous level on each product is

insulting to the patients. A friend recently told me she felt that

Ayurveda is a cheating business because of her experiences with

several Indian companies. This kind of thing is going to drive

Ayurveda into a hole and give a bad impression around the world.

 

AVS is not run according to this cheating model.

 

Good luck;

 

Liz

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Yes, this is true - same for yoga - prices for foreigners are very high.

Unaffordable really unless one is rich.

 

The other things I find upsetting is that standard companies (I am afraid to

mention the name!) are giving poor quality herbs with lots of aditives. Why is

this? Where can we get good quality herbs?

Todd? Where?

 

I found that circle of health has good herbs.

 

But am also looking for good companies who offer reasonalbe wholesale prices

to practitioners and who have no additives.

When we make lehyam with ghee or honey or pills what is the need for

additives? This is really upsetting to me.

 

A friend brought me a sample of the bramhi that I suggested she take in

capsule from ig company and when I opened the capsule and tasted the herb all I

could taste was chemical and when I read the bottle an additive was listed.

 

Already the capsule is so small - how can we mix herbs with chemicals and

expect people to get the required amount and how can we give to a person

something that they are taking on faith that will be good for them and have

chemicals in iit?

 

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This place is also cheaper than most of the Kerala hospitals. Most of

the institutions maintained by the famous families have become

rediculously expensive for foreigners. They have a two level pricing

system with the charges for foreigners being out of hand.