01Panchakarma
5 therapiesThe five classical purification procedures, prescribed as a supervised course.
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Ayurveda
Traditional Wisdom. Personalised Care.
Ayurveda describes a person before it describes a complaint. Everything that follows — the prescription, the therapy, the diet — is built from that description.
The framework
Constitution, not category
Ayurveda is usually met through its treatments — the oils, the poultices, the steady stream of Shirodhara. But the treatments are the last step. What comes first is a way of describing a person.
Classical Ayurveda reads the material world through five elements, which combine into three functional principles — the doshas. Everyone has all three; the proportion differs from person to person. That proportion, prakriti, is understood to settle early and remain a reference point for life. What changes is vikriti: the present state, and how far it has drifted.
This is why an Ayurvedic practice does not work from a menu. Two people arriving with the same complaint may be given different preparations, different therapies and different diets — because the framework is describing them, not the complaint.
- VataAir & Space
- Governs movement — of breath, of circulation, of thought.
- PittaFire & Water
- Governs transformation — digestion, metabolism, perception.
- KaphaEarth & Water
- Governs structure — cohesion, stability, lubrication.
Treatment categories
Six ways Aptaveda works
Each therapy is described as a procedure — what it involves. What it is prescribed for is a matter for consultation, and is not claimed here.
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02Pain Management
5 therapiesOrtho and neuro rehabilitation — the founding focus of the practice.
Offered at · MM Ayurveda · Aptaveda · Villa De 1945 · The Heritage 1866
03Rejuvenation
4 therapiesRasayana therapies and restorative programmes taken as a residential course.
Offered at · MM Ayurveda · Aptaveda · Villa De 1945 · The Heritage 1866
04Lifestyle Care
4 therapiesProgrammes for diabetes, weight, allergy and asthma, as listed by the clinic.
Offered at · MM Ayurveda · Aptaveda · Villa De 1945 · The Heritage 1866
05Women's Wellness
5 therapiesPost-natal care for mother and newborn, and shorter care treatments for skin, hair and relaxation.
Offered at · MM Ayurveda · Aptaveda · Villa De 1945 · The Heritage 1866
06Wellness & Stay
4 therapiesShorter restorative programmes taken alongside a heritage stay.
Offered at · Villa De 1945 · The Heritage 1866
Areas of practice
What the units treat
Reproduced from the areas of practice the units themselves publish. These describe what is treated — not an expected outcome, which is decided at consultation.
- Arthritis and joint disorders (Amavata, Vatarakta, gout)
- Disc-related back, neck and knee pain
- Paralysis and nerve-related conditions
- Psoriasis and eczema
- Diabetes and lifestyle conditions
- Allergy and asthma
- Post-natal care
- Weight reduction
Rhythm
Why Kerala, and why the monsoon
Treatment in Kerala has a calendar as well as a method.
Karkidakam
Mid-July to mid-August
The Malayalam month across the heaviest of the monsoon, traditionally the season for treatment in Kerala — humid, cool, and a slower month in the agricultural calendar.
Dinacharya
The daily order
The classical texts give considerable attention to the ordering of a day: when to rise, when to eat, when the principal meal should fall, how to move.
Ritucharya
The seasonal order
The same ordering, adjusted across the seasons. Much of what a residential programme does is hold a person inside that rhythm long enough for it to take.
Ayurveda
It begins with a consultation
Send an enquiry and one of the four units will come back to you with a time. Nothing is prescribed before an assessment.