Vaidyaratnam Oushadhasala is an Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical company situated in

Thaikkattussery Thaikkattussery is a residential area situated in the City of Thrissur in Kerala state of India. Thaikkattussery is Ward 30 of Thrissur Municipal Corporation. References See also *Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its ...

, near

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(

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). It is managed by Thaikkattusseri Eledathu Thaikkattu Family, one among the

Ashtavaidya An Ashtavaidya is a practitioner of the Ayurveda system of medicine belonging to a group of families of Namboothiri in the Indian state of Kerala. Among the Ayurvedic healers of Kerala, the Ashtavaidyas are the physicians who are masters of the ei ...

families of

. Vaidyaratnam runs
NABH accredited
nursing home by name Vaidyaratnam Nursing Home and an Ayurvedic Medical College apart from two ISO certified manufacturing plants in

and an R&D centre in

, under the flagship of Vaidyaratnam. .

History

Vaidyaratnam Oushadhasala (''Oushada'' means medicine and ''Sala'' is a building or institute) was instituted in 1941 by Eledath Thaikkattu Neelakandan Mooss. His son, Eledath Thaikkattu Narayanan Mooss, a recipient of

Padmabhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service o ...

, succeeded him at the establishment.

Founder

Eledath Thaikkattu Neelakandan Mooss or E.T.Neelakandan Mooss (1904-1997) was an Ayurvedic practitioner and the founder of Vaidyaratnam Group. After

Gurukula A or ( sa, गुरुकुल, gurukul) is a type of education system in ancient India with ('students' or 'disciples') living near or with the guru, in the same house. The guru-shishya tradition is a sacred one in Hinduism and possibly ap ...

schooling in childhood and later at

Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon Memorial Government Vocational Higher Secondary School Vailoppilly Sreehara Menon Memorial Government Vocational Higher Secondary School, commonly known as GVHSS, Ollur, is a vocational higher secondary school situated in Ollur, Thrissur City and run by the state government of Kerala, in India. It is ...

, he learned

Ashtanga Hridayam Vāgbhaṭa (वाग्भट) is one of the most influential writers, Scientist, Doctor and advisor of ayurveda. Several works are associated with his name as author, principally the Ashtāṅgasaṅgraha (अष्टाङ्गसंग् ...

from Kuttancheri Valiya Aaryan Moose and Manu Moose. He then joined his father ''Ashtavaidyan'' E. T. Narayanan Mooss Sr., at the family clinic. In 1954, Neelakandan Mooss founded the Vaidyaratnam Oushadhasala and saw the establishment growing to include a Vaidyaratnam Nursing Home, Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda College and Ayurvedic Research Centre.

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honoured him with national award

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in 1992 for his contributions to Ayurveda treatment.

Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda College

Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda College is

Ayurveda Ayurveda () is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. The theory and practice of Ayurveda is pseudoscientific. Ayurveda is heavily practiced in India and Nepal, where around 80% of the population repo ...

college situated in Thaikkattussery near

. The college is affiliated to the

Kerala University of Health Sciences Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) is a state university located in Thrissur, Kerala, India. It was established by the Kerala University of Health Sciences Act 2010, for ensuring proper and systematic instruction, teaching, training, a ...

and offers B.A.M.S. degree (Ayurveda acharya). The course is recognized by the Central Council of Indian Medicines (CCIM) and is of a duration of 5½ years and 12 months compulsory rotatory internship. Students are admitted for the BAMS course from the list of medical entrance examination conducted by the

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. The present intake for the degree programme is 40 students. Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda College was founded by the Ashtavaidyan Eledath Thaikkattu Neelakandan Mooss on 2 October 1976 and is under the management of Vaidyaratnam Ayurvedic Educational Society, registered under the Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act XII/1955. The college has two hospitals with bed strength of about 150. Attached to the hospital, X-ray Unit and Ultra Sound scan unit are functioning.

Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda Museum

Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda Museum is a museum showcasing the richness, the variety and the evolution of the

traditional medicine of

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. The museum is located in Thaikkattussery. The museum was inaugurated by

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, former

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, on 28 December 2013. The exhibits include a diorama presentation of the history of Ayurveda from mythological period to modern times, a library of texts on Ayurveda, descriptions of various branches of Ayurveda, an exclusive section on Susrutha, a picture gallery, a 3-D gallery, and a

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Gallery

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References

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