History

The History of Ayurveda in Kerala: From Vagbhata to Today

Kerala did not invent Ayurveda, but it kept one of its great texts alive in an unbroken chain of families, palm-leaf manuscripts and village physicians. This is the story of how that happened.

History

The Ashtavaidya Families of Kerala: Keepers of the Eight Branches

For centuries a small group of Namboothiri families carried Kerala's classical Ayurveda from one generation to the next. Who were they, how did they learn, and what remains of their tradition?