Manakkodam Kesavan Vaidyar

March 23rd, 2007 | admin

Manakkodam Kesavan Vaidyar concentrated mainly on the sodhan chikitsa, Panchakarma.

His book ‘panchakarmam adhava sodana chikitsaÂ’ (panchakarma – sodhan therapy) is very famous. He has described in detail all the five sections of panchakarma – snehan, swedan, vaman, virechan, and rakthamoksha. He also describes the techniques of nasya and vasti.