Santhigram Kerala Ayurveda

Santhigram Kerala Ayurvedic Co. of US Inc launched its third Ayurveda and Panchakarma Center in the USA , at Bally Total Fitness Center , 8 Edgeboro Rd , East Brunswick , NJ 08816 . Santhigram is the provider of ISO 9001:2000 certified Ayurvedic Therapies in India for over a decade and is in the mission of to propagate worldwide, Kerala Ayurvedic Panchakarma Therapy for total body rejuvenation and offer effective therapies for chronic ailments. For last many years Santhigram had been a consultant for many Ayurvedic Centers in Western countries and now has successfully launched its third Center in the US after its rewarding spin offs in the UK.

Santhigram Kerala Ayurvedic Co. of US Inc launched its third Ayurveda and Panchakarma Center in the USA, at Bally Total Fitness Center, 8 Edgeboro Rd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816.

Mr. Gopinathan Nair, Chairman & Managing Director of the India based Santhigram Group, described the opportunity as a major milestone for the company which had recently celebrated its two years of successful operations in the US. He noted, “Our ability to work with a major national fitness center chain like Bally will help us reach a larger group of health conscious people who could benefit from Santhigram’s time tested Ayurvedic Panchakarma treatments.”

Santhigram Kerala Ayurvedic Co. of US Inc launched its third Ayurveda and Panchakarma Center in the USA

The Center was inaugurated by Rev. Fr. Joe Eruppakkatt, SSP, Director St. Pauls Alba House Publications and he was joined by Dr Sudanshu Prasad, Council man of Edison. During his opening statement Dr. Prasad emphasized the need for comprehensive heath care and the role of Ayurveda as an Alternative treatment. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Murugesan Gounder, Ph.D, Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Robertwood Johnson University Hospital spoke about the great future Ayurveda has in this country for providing low cost and side-effect-free health care to the general public.

Other prominent people who celebrated the occasion included Rev. Fr. Joe Karikunnel, C.S.T, Former Principal, Dharmaram College, Bangalore, India, Mr. Alex Vilanilam Koshy, NJ State Martin Luther King Commissioner & Former President of World Malayalee Council, Mr. Aniyan George, Chairman, Kerala Association of New Jersey, Mr. Fred Edward, Metro Region Vice President FOMA and Ms. Sheela Sreekumar from the International Cultural Education Center.

Santhigram is the provider of ISO 9001:2000 certified Ayurvedic Therapies in India for over a decade and is in the mission of to propagate worldwide, Kerala Ayurvedic Panchakarma Therapy for total body rejuvenation and offer effective therapies for chronic ailments. For the past many years, Santhigram had been a consultant for many Ayurvedic Centers in Western countries and now has successfully launched its third Center in the US after its rewarding spin offs in the UK.

Ayurveda is a sister discipline of Yoga and is the time tested ancient system of medicine which is now popular in most western countries. It is a science that not only addresses to bodily infirmity but encourages social, spiritual, emotional and psychological well being. The Kerala specific Ayurvedic rejuvenation and “Panchakarma” Therapies have a unique history of evolution and offer many exceptional methods for total body rejuvenation. Panchakarma is a complete therapeutic regime that identifies “doshas” or the imbalances in the body that arise due to pathological conditions and detoxifies the body with therapeutic massages and unique procedures using specific herbal oils, strict dietary and life style changes.

Like its two earlier centers in the US, the center at Bally Total Fitness Center at East Brunswick will offer services by highly experienced Ayurvedic Consultants and Ayurvedic Panchakarma Therapists. The authentic therapy offered at the Center will use genuine herbal oils and other Ayurvedic techniques, to not only rejuvenate the body, but also to offer preventive and therapeutic treatments for a variety of chronic ailments like Back Pain, Neck Pain, Frozen Shoulder, Arthritis, Joint Pains, Migraine, Sinusitis, Stress, Depression, Insomnia, Obesity etc. without any side effects.

Contact Information:

Santhigram Kerala Ayurveda
8 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick, NJ 08816

Contact Person:

Gopinathan Nair
President & CEO
Phone: 732-915-8813, 732-238-2003, 732-890-3095

email: info@santhigramus.com
Web: http://www.santhigramus.com

In the Western scientific paradigm it is customary to identify a traditional therapy and medicine, isolate the active ingredient, standardize the potency and clinically test its safety and efficacy outside of the remedy’s traditional use. What needs to be studied is the authentic cultural treatment as a system of healing, not whether an isolated compound can be grafted into our modern medical system. We need to study the difference between an ingredient’s chemical identification and its physiological medicinal and / or toxic properties. The first study should be whether a therapy and its medicines are toxic as traditionally used. Then follow with a study of its efficacy.

Some Ayurvedic formulations contain herbs that are natural forms of drugs or substances generally considered toxic in their customary forms. We need to study Ayurvedic remedies, formulations, and therapies in a way that satisfies our Western scientific method while preserving those therapeutic elements considered important by Ayurveda. We should not simply study isolated compounds but the medicines, therapies and medical system as a whole.

There are unique preparations in Ayurveda that intentionally combine specially prepared minerals with botanicals for the purpose of increasing the effect of the botanicals. It is these formulas that are the most suspect to our Western eyes as they often contain mercury, lead and / or other ingredients that have been proven to be toxic in forms we are familiar with. These Ayurvedic formulas have long and complicated preparation methods often lasting months or even years. They are believed to have amazing curative powers in the treatment of uncontrolled ailments of modern era, but are they toxic as well? They are traditionally believed to be safe when properly prescribed, prepared and taken. They address serious medical problems like cirrhosis of the liver, hepatitis, kidney problems, mental and brain function disorders, Parkinson’s disease, muscular dystrophies and other serious Neuro-muscular diseases, etc. But it is important that we insure and determine proper preparation and whether there is any risk of toxicity when prepared and used properly. The preparations with lead and mercury are not currently approved by the US FDA and therefore can not be used by people in the United States until proper studies are done.

In the West they have very high standards for purity and the means to test for it. It could be said that they have these high standards because they can test for positive identification of ingredients and the presence of unwanted substances. It is especially important to consider the possibility that indigenous medicines may be prepared in ways that western scientists do not fully understand and the difference between medicine and poison may not be uncovered by modern chemical analysis, no matter how sophisticated. They must also establish uniform testing protocols for heavy metals in Dietary Supplements that include sample preparation, testing methodology and acceptable daily dose.

In summary, Ayurveda uses hundreds of substances therapeutically. It is important to assess Ayurvedic herbal medicines according to Western scientific standards and investigate them for levels of toxicity and contamination that are unacceptable. We must also differentiate between products that are manufactured in the USA under FDA guidelines and regulations and those that are manufactured in other countries never intended for export and brought into USA. At the same time, we must, keep a scientific and open mind about the Ayurvedic preparations and medicines that have intentional ingredients we have come to regard as toxic by Allopathic standards but which have undergone special preparatory procedures that have yet to be documented by Western scientific standards. It may be that these very medicines hold the promise of cure for diseases modern Western medicine is currently unable to adequately address.

- An article by  Mukesh D Jain, Bhilai (mjainbhilai@gmail.com) as provided to AyurvedNews.com

Hon. President of AYUSH Academy of Ayurvedic Medical Sciences & Fellow of French Association of Medical Yoga. Double graduated in Basic Sciences, Ayurveda with Modern Medicine and Surgery both from Sagar & Ravi Shanker Universities. A teacher, researcher, an author of two scientific books on Ayurveda & Yoga; On editorial board of several journals including Global Ayurveda & Light on Ayurveda Journal. Currently head of Panch Karma Clinic on Neuro-Muscular Diseases in Bhilai.