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Its rejuvenation, purification and immunisation packages are sold from seven nights, so a first week is possible.","The property says it has 20 Ayurvedic doctors and 90 therapists, with a resident Ayurveda doctor and a modern-medicine doctor on call.",[542,545,548,551,554,557],{"name":543,"note":544},"Standard Room A\u002FC","A room with an attached bathroom with hot and cold water, fans and mosquito nets.",{"name":546,"note":547},"Garden Cottage A\u002FC","A detached mud-and-brick cottage with a garden view, double or twin beds and an attached bathroom.",{"name":549,"note":550},"Special Cottage A\u002FC","A round or square thatched mud-and-brick cottage with a full or partial sea view.",{"name":552,"note":553},"Kerala House Standard A\u002FC","An independent traditional Kerala wooden house with antique doors and furniture, a verandah, a bedroom and an attached bathroom.",{"name":555,"note":556},"Kerala House Deluxe A\u002FC","A bedroom with a sea-view verandah in a traditional Kerala wooden house that holds one suite and two deluxe rooms, let separately.",{"name":558,"note":559},"Kerala Deluxe Suite A\u002FC","A living room, a bedroom and a sea-facing verandah in a traditional Kerala wooden house shared with two separately let deluxe rooms.",[561,562,563,564,565,566,567,568],"Own medicine manufacturing unit and herbal garden, per the About page","30 treatment rooms, per the About page","Yoga hall","Swimming pool, used on the doctors' advice","Beach deck","Ayurveda beauty clinic and Ayurveda shop","Ayurveda Academy and International Institute of Yoga, with massage and yoga teacher-training courses","Internet café, Wi-Fi, indoor games and 24-hour room service, per the tariff’s amenities list",[570],{"name":571,"note":572},"The Diet Restaurant","Sea-facing, with about 250 Ayurvedic vegetarian dishes (the same page also says 280), plus non-vegetarian and multi-cuisine food. Package guests get full board from an individual Ayurvedic diet menu.",[574,575,576,577,578],"A daily yoga and meditation session, free with a package (otherwise €10 group, €20 individual)","Live cooking demonstrations","Cultural performances","A half-day backwater boat tour, free on packages of 21 nights or more","Beach and indoor games",{"airport":580,"code":581,"transfer":582},"Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram)","TRV","The About page gives the airport as 21 km away; the tariff includes a free transfer from it with any treatment package.",{"amount":16,"currency":17},{"slug":6,"name":7,"place":585,"country":8,"countryCode":586,"cluster":9,"fame":42,"modalities":587,"hook":588,"caseFor":589,"hardFacts":594,"caveat":601,"season":602,"seasonName":603,"seasonNote":604,"practical":605,"figures":624,"faqs":637,"image":524,"imageAlt":647,"gallery":648,"coords":657,"gateway":660,"tempC":682,"climateNote":689,"leisure":690,"extensions":720,"resortCount":13,"programmeCount":14,"fromPrice":733,"minNights":432,"maxNights":734},"Palakkad, the Trivandrum coast and the backwaters","IN",[11,12],"The one place on earth where Ayurveda is at once a licensed medical system, a 120-year-old pharmaceutical industry and a tourism product.",[590,591,592,593],"Ayurveda here is taught in state medical colleges and practised in government hospitals. A physician holds a BAMS — five and a half years including a clinical internship — and is registered with a statutory council, which is a different thing from a spa therapist with a certificate.","The pharmaceutical tradition is industrial and old. Arya Vaidya Sala at Kottakkal has been compounding classical formulations since 1902 and runs its own affiliated college; the good properties still make their own oils on site, and whether a house compounds its own is one of the things we check before listing it.","Kerala Tourism operates a state classification for Ayurveda centres — now a three-tier Ayur Silver, Ayur Gold and Ayur Diamond scheme that replaced the older Olive Leaf and Green Leaf grades. It is a facilities-and-hygiene rating rather than a clinical one, but it is a real, checkable filter no other destination on this atlas offers.","It is the only place we will sell a full 28-night Panchakarma, because it is the only place where the supervision is dense enough to justify one.",[595,596,597,598,599,600],"Government Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram — commonly dated to 1889 under Travancore royal patronage; today affiliated to Kerala University of Health Sciences.","Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal — founded 1902 by Vaidyaratnam P. S. Varier, and still compounding classical formulations.","Practitioner regulation is national: the Department of Indian Systems of Medicine became AYUSH in November 2003 and a full Ministry on 9 November 2014.","Classification certificates are valid three years, and the Director of Tourism may inspect a classified centre at any time without notice.","Karkidakam — the last month of the Malayalam calendar, roughly mid-July to mid-August — is the traditional 28-day rejuvenation month, Karkidaka Chikitsa.","The India Meteorological Department’s normal southwest monsoon onset over Kerala is 1 June.","The word \"Ayurveda\" covers both a licensed medical system and an entirely unregulated massage trade, often on the same beach. A state classification is a tourism-department facilities rating, not a clinical accreditation — it tells you the kitchen is clean, not that a physician wrote your prescription. The state is also mid-transition between two naming schemes, so a certificate on the wall may cite a retired grade. And the properties we list are quiet rural places with mosquitoes, power cuts and nothing to do after dark: people who came for the medicine love it, and people who wanted a resort are miserable by day four.",[42,42,43,43,43,33,33,33,33,42,42,42],"Karkidakam","For treatment the monsoon is the season — not despite the rain but because of it. Humidity keeps the skin and channels receptive to oil, the air is cool, and Keralans have taken their own annual course in this month for centuries. March to May is the part to avoid: 35 °C and humid is a poor climate for daily oil therapy. The brochures sell January because January photographs better, and it costs a great deal more for a less effective fortnight.",[606,609,612,615,618,621],{"label":607,"value":608},"Airports","Kochi (COK) for the backwaters and Palakkad; Trivandrum (TRV) for the coast. Direct from the Gulf, one connection from most of Europe.",{"label":610,"value":611},"Transfer","Two to four hours by road, included, with a driver we have used for years rather than a hotel taxi.",{"label":613,"value":614},"Visa","India e-visa for most passports, applied for online, usually approved inside 72 hours.",{"label":616,"value":617},"Language","Malayalam locally; English throughout the properties including with therapists. German at two of the coastal houses.",{"label":619,"value":620},"What to bring","Old, loose cotton and more of it than you think. Treatment oil never fully washes out — bring nothing you love.",{"label":622,"value":623},"Medical","A current prescription list and recent bloodwork. The physician asks on day one and it changes what is prescribed.",[625,628,631,634],{"value":626,"label":627},"1889","First Ayurveda college",{"value":629,"label":630},"1902","Arya Vaidya Sala founded",{"value":632,"label":633},"5½ yrs","Physician training",{"value":635,"label":636},"28","Nights, Karkidaka Chikitsa",[638,641,644],{"q":639,"a":640},"Is the monsoon really better, or is that a way to sell the low season?","Both are true and we would rather say so. The classical rationale predates tourism by centuries — Karkidakam is the treatment month in Kerala’s own calendar. It is also when properties are empty. Our position: the season genuinely helps, the discount is real, and if you hate rain you should come in October and lose very little.",{"q":642,"a":643},"Can I do a proper Panchakarma in a week?","No. Preparation alone runs three to seven days before the main purification, and the rebuilding phase afterwards is where the benefit is consolidated. Fourteen nights is our floor. With only a week, take a shamana programme — a real treatment on the gentler line — and we will say so on the invoice.",{"q":645,"a":646},"What does a state Ayurveda classification actually prove?","That Kerala Tourism inspected facilities, hygiene, therapist training and physician presence against a published checklist, and may re-inspect without notice. It is a useful signal and it is not a clinical accreditation — ask for the resident physician’s BAMS registration number too. Note the scheme was renamed: Ayur Silver, Gold and Diamond replaced Olive Leaf and Green Leaf, so older certificates cite retired grades.","A houseboat moving through palm-lined Kerala backwaters",[649,652,653,654],{"src":650,"alt":651},"photo-1596178065887-1198b6148b2b","Palms leaning over still backwater",{"src":486,"alt":487},{"src":531,"alt":532},{"src":655,"alt":656},"photo-1593693411515-c20261bcad6e","A backwater channel at first light",{"lat":658,"lng":659},10.53,76.21,{"airport":661,"code":18,"city":662,"routings":663,"transfer":680,"flightNote":681},"Cochin International","Kochi — with Trivandrum (TRV) the better gateway for the southern coast",[664,668,672,676],{"from":665,"how":666,"time":667},"London & western Europe","One stop through a Gulf hub — Dubai, Doha or Abu Dhabi. There is no direct service from the UK.","13–15 hours door to door",{"from":669,"how":670,"time":671},"The Gulf","Direct, and frequent. Kerala has the densest Gulf connection of any Indian state.","4 hours",{"from":673,"how":674,"time":675},"Delhi & Mumbai","Direct, several daily.","3 hours 15 from Delhi",{"from":677,"how":678,"time":679},"Singapore & Kuala Lumpur","Direct to Kochi.","4–5 hours","Two to four hours by road depending on the house — Palakkad is inland, the Chowara and Kovalam properties are an hour from Trivandrum. Included in every programme, with a driver we use year-round rather than a hotel taxi.","Fly into Kochi and out of Trivandrum, or the reverse, if the itinerary suits — it is the same fare on most carriers and saves a four-hour repositioning drive. Arrive in daylight if you can: the first evening includes a consultation, and a 3 a.m. landing costs you a day of it.",[683,684,685,685,684,686,687,687,686,688,688,683],31,32,33,29,28,30,"Warm all year and never cold — the variable is humidity and rain, not temperature. The monsoon months read hottest on paper and feel coolest in practice.",[691,697,702,707,712,716],{"name":692,"kind":693,"duration":694,"note":695,"when":696},"A night on the backwaters","nature","Overnight, or a half day","A converted rice barge from Alleppey through the Kuttanad channels. The overnight is worth it; the three-hour version is a queue of identical boats.","before",{"name":698,"kind":699,"duration":700,"note":701,"when":696},"Fort Kochi and Mattancherry","culture","Full day","The Chinese fishing nets, the Paradesi synagogue, the Dutch Palace murals and a spice-market walk. Five hundred years of Portuguese, Dutch and Jewish Kochi in one walkable afternoon.",{"name":703,"kind":699,"duration":704,"note":705,"when":706},"Kathakali, properly","3 hours","Arrive an hour early to watch the make-up go on — it is the better half. Ask us for the Kochi hall that still plays to Malayali audiences rather than the tourist matinée.","rest-day",{"name":708,"kind":693,"duration":709,"note":710,"when":711},"A tea estate day in Munnar","Full day, or two nights","Four hours up from Kochi into the Western Ghats at 1,600 m. Genuinely cold, entirely different country. Too far and too long for a treatment rest day — take it before or after.","after",{"name":713,"kind":699,"duration":714,"note":715,"when":706},"The oil kitchen and the pharmacy","2 hours","At the houses that still compound their own preparations, ask to be shown the room. Most will say yes and few guests think to ask. It is the single most convincing hour of the fortnight.",{"name":717,"kind":693,"duration":718,"note":719,"when":711},"Periyar, for the elephants","Two nights","A tiger reserve where you will not see a tiger and will see elephant, gaur and hornbill. A boat on the lake at dawn is the version worth doing.",[721,725,729],{"name":722,"nights":723,"note":724,"side":696},"Kochi & the backwaters","3 nights","The obvious and correct opener: fort Kochi, a barge night, and an unhurried arrival into the time zone before anyone takes your pulse.",{"name":726,"nights":727,"note":728,"side":711},"The Golden Triangle","5 nights","Delhi, Agra and Jaipur on the way home. Long flights internally and worth every one of them if it is a first trip to India.",{"name":730,"nights":731,"note":732,"side":711},"Tamil Nadu temples","4 nights","Madurai, Thanjavur and Chettinad — the living Dravidian south, three hours east and a different civilisation.",{"amount":16,"currency":17},21,{"slug":11,"name":390,"tagline":391,"origin":736,"regulated":392,"regulationNote":737,"indications":738,"cautions":745,"whatHappens":750,"minimumNights":434,"recommendedNights":734,"image":751,"imageAlt":752,"originPlace":8,"body":753,"hardFacts":757,"evidence":763,"treatments":785,"glossary":814,"confusedWith":848,"figures":851,"faqs":861,"destinationCount":23,"resortCount":877,"programmeCount":434},"North and South India, continuously for well over two thousand years.","A licensed medical system in India. Physicians hold a BAMS — five and a half years including a clinical internship — and are registered with a state medical council. In most other countries it is a complementary therapy with no equivalent protection, which is precisely why where you go matters.",[739,740,741,742,743,744],"Digestive complaints that have been investigated and found structurally normal","Sleep that is broken rather than absent","Recovery after illness, treatment or a long stretch of overwork","Chronic pain and stiffness, particularly inflammatory","Skin conditions with a clear seasonal pattern","Menstrual and perimenopausal disruption",[746,747,748,749],"Pregnancy and breastfeeding — purification is contraindicated outright","Anticoagulants, thyroid, diabetes and immunosuppressant medication all change the plan","Any history of an eating disorder — the dietary restriction is not appropriate","Acute illness. Come when it has settled, not during","A physician examines you on arrival — pulse, tongue, digestion, sleep, history — and writes a prescription that is revised every morning for the length of your stay. Days are built around your digestion and the sun: a long therapy block before noon, the largest meal at midday, a deliberately empty afternoon, dinner finished before seven.","photo-1544161515-4ab6ce6db874","Warm medicated oil poured for an abhyanga treatment",[754,755,756],"Ayurveda is a licensed system of medicine in India, which is the single fact that separates it from almost everything sold under its name elsewhere. A physician holds a BAMS — a five-and-a-half-year degree including a year of clinical internship — is registered with a statutory council, and practises in hospitals the state inspects. The person offering you an \"Ayurvedic massage\" in a beach hut has none of that, and the word does not distinguish between them.","The system is constitutional rather than symptomatic. It begins from the idea that people differ in a patterned way — the three doshas are the shorthand — and that the same complaint in two bodies wants two different treatments. In practice this means an examination before anything is prescribed, a prescription that changes daily, and a diet that is part of the medicine rather than a lifestyle suggestion.","What travellers meet is usually one of two lines. *Shamana* is the gentler, palliative one: oil therapy, diet, herbs, rest. *Shodhana* is purification, of which Panchakarma is the classical form, and it is a genuine medical procedure with a preparation phase, a removal phase and a rebuilding phase — three weeks properly, fourteen nights at an absolute minimum. Almost everything sold internationally as \"Panchakarma\" is the massage that precedes it.",[595,758,759,760,761,762],"Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal — founded 1902, still compounding classical formulations and running an affiliated college.","The Department of Indian Systems of Medicine became AYUSH in November 2003 and a full Ministry of the Government of India on 9 November 2014.","A BAMS is 5½ years including a compulsory rotating clinical internship; graduates register with a state or central council.","NABH — India’s national hospital accreditation board — accredits a small number of Ayurvedic hospitals against clinical rather than tourism criteria.","Kerala Tourism classifies Ayurveda centres under a three-tier Ayur Silver \u002F Gold \u002F Diamond scheme, which replaced the older Olive Leaf and Green Leaf grades.",[764,768,771,775,779,782],{"claim":765,"status":766,"note":767},"Warm-oil therapy relieves musculoskeletal pain and stiffness","mixed","Small trials and a very long clinical tradition. Sustained local heat and manual work on a guarded muscle has an unmysterious mechanism; the trials are mostly small, unblinded and conducted in India.",{"claim":769,"status":766,"note":770},"Ayurvedic treatment helps rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis symptoms","The best-known trial compared a classical Ayurvedic regimen with methotrexate in RA and found broadly comparable symptom outcomes in a small sample. One promising small trial is not a basis for changing your treatment.",{"claim":772,"status":773,"note":774},"Panchakarma \"removes toxins\" from the body","none","Ama is a coherent concept inside the system and it is not a measurable substance that purification has been shown to clear. What a properly run Panchakarma demonstrably does is change diet, sleep, activity and digestion for three weeks under supervision — which is quite enough to explain how people feel afterwards.",{"claim":776,"status":777,"note":778},"Constitutional assessment predicts which treatment will suit you","traditional","Central to the system, and attempts to validate dosha typing against biological markers have been inconclusive. Treat it as the framework a skilled physician uses rather than as a diagnostic test.",{"claim":780,"status":766,"note":781},"Shirodhara improves sleep and reduces anxiety","Several small studies show reductions in anxiety measures. Forty minutes of warm oil on the forehead in a dark room is also a near-perfect relaxation protocol, which is not a criticism.",{"claim":783,"status":773,"note":784},"Ayurvedic preparations are inherently safe because they are natural","Flatly untrue and the most important line on this page. Some classical rasa shastra preparations contain heavy metals by design, and independent testing of imported products has repeatedly found lead, mercury and arsenic. Buy from the treating hospital, never from a market, and tell the physician every drug you take.",[786,790,794,798,802,806,810],{"name":787,"duration":788,"body":789},"Abhyanga","60–90 minutes, daily","Full-body massage with warm medicated oil, usually by two therapists working in synchrony. Firm, long, repetitive strokes rather than deep-tissue work. You will be oiled from scalp to feet and you will not fully wash it out for a fortnight — bring old clothes.",{"name":791,"duration":792,"body":793},"Shirodhara","40–60 minutes","A continuous stream of warm oil poured onto the forehead from a suspended vessel, in a dark quiet room. Almost everyone finds it strange for four minutes and then loses track of time. Prescribed for sleep, anxiety and headache.",{"name":795,"duration":796,"body":797},"Swedana","15–20 minutes, after abhyanga","Herbal steam, usually in a wooden box with your head outside it. It follows oil for a reason: the heat drives the oil inward and opens the channels the massage has loosened.",{"name":799,"duration":800,"body":801},"Virechana","One supervised day","A measured therapeutic purgation, given after a week of preparation, on the physician’s judgement rather than to a schedule. You spend the day in your room within reach of a bathroom and are checked hourly. Unpleasant, brief, and the point of the whole three weeks.",{"name":803,"duration":804,"body":805},"Basti","30 minutes, on alternating days","Medicated enema — oil-based or decoction-based — and considered the single most important procedure in the system for vata disorders. Far less dramatic in practice than it sounds on paper.",{"name":807,"duration":808,"body":809},"Nasya","20 minutes","Medicated oil administered through the nostrils after facial steam and massage, for complaints above the collarbone: sinuses, headache, some sleep problems.",{"name":811,"duration":812,"body":813},"Njavarakizhi","60 minutes","Boluses of medicated rice cooked in milk, applied hot in rhythm by two therapists. Deeply nourishing rather than mobilising, and usually part of the rebuilding phase rather than the purification one.",[815,818,821,824,827,830,833,836,839,842,845],{"term":816,"meaning":817},"Dosha","The three functional principles — vata, pitta, kapha — used to describe constitution and imbalance.",{"term":819,"meaning":820},"Prakriti","Your constitution at birth: the baseline a physician compares today’s state against.",{"term":822,"meaning":823},"Agni","Digestive fire. Most treatment begins by restoring it, and most diets exist to protect it.",{"term":825,"meaning":826},"Ama","Undigested residue; the system’s explanation for a coated tongue, heaviness and dullness.",{"term":828,"meaning":829},"Panchakarma","Literally \"five actions\" — the classical purification sequence, of which you will typically receive one or two.",{"term":831,"meaning":832},"Shamana","The palliative line: treatment that settles without removing. Most short stays are this.",{"term":834,"meaning":835},"Shodhana","The purification line. Panchakarma is its main expression.",{"term":837,"meaning":838},"Rasayana","Rejuvenation — the rebuilding line, and the correct programme for anyone depleted rather than congested.",{"term":840,"meaning":841},"Samsarjana krama","The staged re-feeding after purification. Six days, in a fixed order, and where the result is kept or lost.",{"term":843,"meaning":844},"Vaidya","An Ayurvedic physician.",{"term":846,"meaning":847},"BAMS","Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery — the 5½-year Indian degree. Ask for the registration number.",{"name":849,"difference":850},"Spa massage using Ayurvedic vocabulary","The test is whether a physician examined you before anything was decided, and whether the prescription changed during the stay. A menu you choose from is a spa, however good the oils and however Sanskrit the names. Both can be enjoyable; only one is medicine, and only one carries contraindications worth declaring.",[852,854,856,858],{"value":632,"label":853},"Physician training (BAMS)",{"value":626,"label":855},"First state Ayurveda college",{"value":492,"label":857},"Nights minimum for Panchakarma",{"value":859,"label":860},"3","Phases: prepare, remove, rebuild",[862,865,868,871,874],{"q":863,"a":864},"Is a week enough?","For a shamana programme — real treatment on the gentler line — yes, and it can do a great deal for sleep and stress. For Panchakarma, no. Preparation alone runs three to seven days before the main procedure and the rebuilding phase afterwards is where the benefit is consolidated. Fourteen nights is our floor and twenty-one is the honest answer.",{"q":866,"a":867},"Can I keep taking my medication?","Usually, with adjustment, and it must be declared before you arrive. Anticoagulants, thyroid medication, diabetes drugs, lithium and immunosuppressants all change what can be prescribed. No physician at any house on this site should ever suggest stopping something your own doctor prescribed — if one does, tell us.",{"q":869,"a":870},"How do I know the physician is real?","Ask for the BAMS registration number and the council. A serious property gives it without hesitation. Then ask whether the preparations are compounded on site or bought in, and ask to see the room — the good houses are proud of it and almost no guest thinks to ask.",{"q":872,"a":873},"Is the food really that strict?","Yes, and it is the part guests underestimate. On a purification programme there is no menu, no alcohol, no coffee and often no solid food for a stretch. The kitchen is following a prescription. If that sounds intolerable, the honest answer is a rejuvenation programme rather than a purification one.",{"q":875,"a":876},"Will I be cold, bored, or both?","Possibly bored, and that is deliberate — the empty afternoon is part of the schedule. Many of the strongest programmes are at quiet rural properties with little to do after dark. That suits travellers who want to focus on the programme, but not those looking for a conventional resort holiday.",20,[879,979],{"slug":880,"name":881,"resortSlug":131,"modalitySlug":11,"hook":882,"intention":430,"concerns":883,"nights":734,"lengths":884,"groupSize":43,"overview":885,"suitedTo":889,"notSuitedTo":893,"phases":902,"dayShape":905,"sampleDay":944,"included":945,"excluded":954,"faqs":955,"image":968,"imageAlt":969,"priceBasis":905,"counted":970,"priceIncludes":905,"care":975,"resortName":132,"resortCharacter":129,"destinationSlug":6,"destinationName":7,"country":8},"kalari-kovilakom-complete-detox","Complete Detox — Panchakarma Chikitsa","Panchakarma over 21 to 28 days at a palace near Kollengode the property describes as 200 years old and a NABH-accredited Ayurveda hospital.",[275],[734,687],[886,887,888],"The property describes Panchakarma as an intensive cleansing treatment that follows early Ayurvedic texts such as the Charaka Samhita. The name means five actions — induced vomiting, purgation, two kinds of medicated enema and nasal medication. A preparatory stage comes first, the doctor prescribes one or more of the five, and a corrective, rejuvenating stage closes a course of 21 to 28 days.","Kalari Kovilakom stands in the palace grounds of the erstwhile Vengunad kingdom near Kollengode, in the Palakkad district of Kerala. The property describes it as a 200-year-old palace with 19 rooms and a clinic of 12 treatment rooms. CGH Earth’s treatments page says its treatments are offered at both its healthcare facilities in Kerala, Kalari Kovilakom and Kalari Rasayana.","The property’s hospital rules set a Sattvic vegetarian diet with limits on portions and physical activity. Patients may not leave the premises, even for a walk, swimming is not permitted, and phones should be minimised or switched off. Tobacco, alcohol and any addictive substance are strictly prohibited within the property, and anyone using them would be asked to leave the programme.",[890,891,892],"Anyone who can stay the full course the doctor sets — the property says completing it is mandatory","Anyone prepared to eat a prescribed Sattvic vegetarian diet and stay within the hospital premises throughout","Anyone wanting cleansing in three stages — preparation, elimination, then corrective and rejuvenating care",[894,895,896,897,898,899,900,901],"Anyone who has had surgery, chemotherapy or radiation in the last six months — the property requires a six-month interval first","Patients who are bedridden, wheelchair-bound, critically ill or on life support — the property says it cannot treat or admit them","Anyone not fit for a given Panchakarma procedure — the property performs them only on patients fit for them under classical texts","Anyone with a communicable disease or a condition treatment could worsen — the property’s declaration asks patients to confirm neither","Older patients — the property says strong cleansing is not indicated for the aged, especially after 70","Anyone who may need to leave early — the property says it is not safe to stop a detox procedure midway","Anyone under 14 — the property takes only residents aged 14 and above (its enquiry form says 15 and above)","Anyone who would use tobacco, alcohol or any addictive substance during the stay — the property prohibits them within the property",[903,911,919,928,935],{"title":904,"days":905,"body":906,"points":907},"Diagnosis","","The property says every treatment begins with three diagnostic procedures, from which the vaidya determines the patient’s doshas, or body constitution, and decides the course of treatment. CGH Earth’s blog says the initial days focus on the patient’s constitution, current imbalances and lifestyle.",[908,909,910],"Darshana — observation","Sparshana — physical examination","Prasna — questioning",{"title":912,"days":905,"body":913,"points":914},"Poorvakarma — preparation","The body is prepared for toxin removal by Snehanam, oleation inside and out, and Swedanam, therapeutic sweating. The vaidya chooses the methods to suit the patient’s condition and doshas, and the property says some patients first undergo Rookshna, a drying stage.",[915,916,917,918],"Achapanam — medicated ghee in rising doses over 3 to 7 days","Vicharana — medicated ghee taken with the normal diet","External oleation with medicated oils, such as Uzhichil","Swedanam — including Pizhichil, herbal-pouch kizhi massages and steam",{"title":920,"days":905,"body":921,"points":922},"Pradhanakarma — elimination","The property calls this the main stage of the treatment. Based on the diagnosis, the doctor prescribes one or more of the five Panchakarma procedures, and the property’s blog says most patients need not all five but one or two.",[923,924,925,926,927],"Virechana — therapeutic purging","Nasyam — nasal cleansing","Vamana — therapeutic vomiting","Kashayavasthi — medicated enema","Snehavasthi — medicated enema with oil",{"title":929,"days":905,"body":930,"points":931},"Samana — correction and rejuvenation","The final stage uses moderate corrective and rejuvenating treatments to maintain the effects of the cleansing, and the physician prescribes the diet and lifestyle to follow.",[932,933,934],"Elakizhi, Narangakizhi, Dhanyakizhi or Njavarakizhi, as prescribed","Pizhichil, Kashaya dhara, Thakradhara or Ksheeradhara, as prescribed","Diet and lifestyle prescribed by the physician",{"title":936,"days":905,"body":937,"points":938},"Upakarma — supporting treatments","The property says the doctor decides after diagnosis whether a patient needs supporting treatments or treatments for other ailments, and that the treatments listed are not all given to a person at one time.",[939,940,941,942,943],"Netra Kalpana — treatment for the eye","Murdha Tailam — treatment for the head and neck region","Karna Kalpana — treatment for the ear","Mukhalepam — face treatment","Vasthy — medicated oil held on an area such as the lower back or knee",[],[946,947,948,949,950,951,952,953],"Doctor consultations","Ayurveda treatments","Herbal medicines made at the property from its garden, some from other Kerala pharmacies","Prescribed Sattvic diet, personalised to the patient’s doshas","Yoga consultations and meditation sessions","Accommodation, with single-occupancy and sharing options","Garments made from natural organic materials","Airport pick-up and drop-off — the property’s page names Trivandrum Airport",[],[956,959,962,965],{"q":957,"a":958},"When is Panchakarma recommended?","CGH Earth’s blog says the doctor prescribes Panchakarma when a patient is diagnosed with a disease for which it is recommended, and only if the patient is strong enough. It gives the ideal season as the time when the patient’s dosha is aggravated, leading to disease.",{"q":960,"a":961},"Are all five Panchakarma procedures used?","The property’s blog says most patients need only one or two of the five. Its Complete Detox page says the doctor prescribes one or more according to each individual’s condition.",{"q":963,"a":964},"Can the length of treatment change after arrival?","Yes, according to the property’s declaration. It says the recommended days are only an estimate that can change after admission, especially after heavy symptom-suppressing medication, so a patient may need to extend, subject to room availability, or plan a return visit.",{"q":966,"a":967},"What happens during the menstrual cycle?","The property’s hospital rules say certain treatment procedures are toned down or avoided during the menstrual cycle, and the vaidya advises which procedures can go ahead.","photo-1532092367580-3bd5bc78dd9d","Hands sorting fresh herbs on a table",[971],{"value":972,"label":973,"detail":974},"21","to 28 days of treatment","The treatment duration the property gives for Complete Detox: Panchakarma Chikitsa.",{"supervision":976,"team":977,"consultations":978},"The property describes Kalari Kovilakom as an Ayurveda healthcare facility and hospital, certified and accredited by the NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers).","The property lists five vaidyas, all BAMS and one also MD (Ay), all specialising in Panchakarma and registered with the Kerala State Medical Council, with 4 to 26 years' experience.","Doctor and yoga consultations are included. The property says treatment begins with observation, examination and questioning.",{"slug":980,"name":981,"resortSlug":192,"modalitySlug":114,"hook":982,"intention":430,"concerns":983,"nights":432,"lengths":984,"groupSize":43,"overview":986,"suitedTo":990,"notSuitedTo":993,"phases":998,"dayShape":905,"sampleDay":999,"included":1000,"excluded":1010,"faqs":1015,"image":1052,"imageAlt":1053,"startingPrice":1054,"priceBasis":1055,"counted":1056,"priceIncludes":1072,"care":1073,"price":1077,"resortName":193,"resortCharacter":183,"destinationSlug":111,"destinationName":112,"country":94},"lanserhof-lans-classic","Lanserhof Classic","What Lanserhof Lans lists as its Medical Basic Programme — medical examinations with abdominal treatment, detox applications, diagnostics.",[275],[434,422,432,985],17,[987,988,989],"Lanserhof Lans says the Lanserhof Classic package forms the basis of a stay. With their attending physician, guests develop a diagnostic and therapy strategy for their own needs and goals. Prices are published for stays from 7–8 nights to 17–21 nights, and the property recommends two weeks.","What is included depends on the length of stay. The Classic page lists medical examinations with abdominal treatment, reflexology and therapeutic massages, detox drainage, detox algae packs with a liver wrap and detox foot baths, with bioimpedance, resting-lactate and urine diagnostics. A resort fee of €63 per person per night is charged on top, and accommodation is priced separately.","The 2026 Lans brochure says a stay can only be arranged with the Lanserhof fasting therapy, which the concept page calls the core of its method — though the German FAQ says fasting is not required and the guest Q&A calls it optional. The nutrition page says chewing training is taught at the start of a stay, with each bite chewed 30 to 40 times while fasting.",[991,992],"Guests who want a diagnostic and therapy strategy agreed with a physician as the basis of a stay","Stays of at least seven nights — the property recommends two weeks",[994,995,996,997],"Stays shorter than seven nights — the minimum for Lanserhof Classic; the property’s 4-day retreats are separate programmes","Children — the German FAQ says a stay with children is not possible; the guest Q&A says under-16s are generally not accommodated","Day-spa or outpatient visits — the German FAQ and Q&A say no; the Q&A says exceptions may be made for recent guests back for follow-up care","Guests travelling with pets — the brochure says cats and dogs cannot be accommodated; the German FAQ says to ask about exceptions",[],[],[1001,1002,1003,1004,1005,1006,1007,1008,1009],"1 initial medical examination (50 min.)","Medical examinations with abdominal treatment (20 min.) — 2, 4, 6 or 8 by length of stay","1 discussion of medical findings (20 min.)","1 final medical examination (30 min.), listed for 7–8, 12–16 and 17–21-night stays","For 12–16 nights: 1 reflexology massage (25 min.), 2 therapeutic massages (50 min.)","For 12–16 nights: 2 detox drainages, 2 algae packs with liver wrap, 2 detox foot baths","Bioimpedance analysis, resting-lactate fat metabolism measurement and urinalysis","Listed under the resort fee: 24-hour on-call physician and daily Kneipp treatments","Also under the fee: daily group exercise and relaxation, lectures, cultural evenings",[1011,1012,1013,1014],"Accommodation","A resort fee of €63 per person a night","Dietary supplements and medication","More medical services — the German FAQ says they can be added after the first consultation",[1016,1019,1022,1025,1028,1031,1034,1037,1040,1043,1046,1049],{"q":1017,"a":1018},"How long should a stay be?","The Classic page sets the minimum stay at seven nights and recommends two weeks. Lanserhof’s German FAQ says many guests choose ten to fourteen nights.",{"q":1020,"a":1021},"Do I have to fast?","The diet is set with your attending physician, from gentle digestive relief to reduced-calorie programmes, and the guest Q&A says fasting is optional. Lanserhof’s method centres on its fasting therapy, so we confirm what your stay includes when we quote.",{"q":1023,"a":1024},"What does the daily programme look like?","Lanserhof’s guest Q&A, in an answer that does not name Lans or Lanserhof Classic, says a typical day might bring morning exercise or meditation and medical check-ins, then personalised therapies and movement sessions, relaxation or hydrotherapy, and dinner from Lanserhof Energy Cuisine. It says guests can usually adjust or skip sessions.",{"q":1026,"a":1027},"Is there medical care throughout the stay?","The German FAQ says its team of doctors looks after guests for the whole stay, with therapists and movement and nutrition experts. The Classic page lists a 24-hour on-call physician under the resort fee; the brochure ties the €63 flat rate to on-call and night-time medical services.",{"q":1029,"a":1030},"How many meals are served each day?","The German FAQ says three meals a day of Lanserhof Energy Cuisine, set to your health goal and therapy plan with your attending physician. The guest Q&A says the room rate includes doctor-prescribed meals, medicinal herbal teas, mineral water and alkaline broth.",{"q":1032,"a":1033},"Do I need to book treatments in advance?","The German FAQ says no: basic treatments are reserved when you book, and more can be added after the first consultation. The guest Q&A recommends booking the Lanserhof Advanced or Longevity Cure in advance, and says additional treatments can be booked during the stay, subject to availability.",{"q":1035,"a":1036},"Will health insurance pay for the stay?","The German FAQ says insurance does not usually cover the full cost, though some medical, diagnostic or therapy services may be reimbursable, and offers a detailed invoice of medical services. The brochure says reimbursement by private insurance cannot be guaranteed. The guest Q&A says a cost estimate can be prepared for the insurer.",{"q":1038,"a":1039},"When should I arrive and leave?","The 2026 Lans brochure asks guests to arrive on a Sunday by 5 p.m. if they can, with rooms available from 3 p.m., and gives check-out as 11 a.m. The German FAQ and the guest Q&A give check-out as 12:00 noon.",{"q":1041,"a":1042},"What are the cancellation terms?","The brochure says the property reserves the right to charge 50% of the room rate for cancelled nights less than four weeks before arrival, and 90% less than seven days before if the room cannot be given to another guest. The guest Q&A says these fees will apply. Both say the terms apply to everyone booked in the same room.",{"q":1044,"a":1045},"Can someone share my room without the programme?","Yes, arranged in advance. A companion without medical care can share the main guest’s room for an additional fee; we confirm the length and terms when we quote.",{"q":1047,"a":1048},"Can the programme be done as an outpatient?","No, according to the German FAQ and the guest Q&A. The Q&A says guests may have side effects such as headaches, dizziness or fatigue in the first days, and should stay on site where the medical team is available.",{"q":1050,"a":1051},"How can I prepare for the stay?","The German FAQ says no special preparation is needed, beyond thinking about your goals and slowing down beforehand. The guest Q&A suggests cutting back on coffee, alcohol and sugar, eating lighter and sleeping well for a few days before arrival. The brochure suggests tea instead of coffee.","photo-1501785888041-af3ef285b470","An Alpine lake below the Tyrolean mountains",{"amount":116,"currency":17},"12–16 nights, accommodation not included",[1057,1061,1065,1068],{"value":1058,"label":1059,"detail":1060},"6","medical examinations","With abdominal treatment, 20 minutes each, for a 12–16-night stay, according to the Classic page.",{"value":1062,"label":1063,"detail":1064},"7","nights minimum","Lanserhof sets the minimum stay for Lanserhof Classic at seven nights, and recommends two weeks.",{"value":859,"label":1066,"detail":1067},"meals a day","Lanserhof Energy Cuisine, set to your therapy plan with your attending physician, according to the German FAQ.",{"value":1069,"label":1070,"detail":1071},"€63","resort fee per person per night","Charged on top of the programme price. The Classic page lists the on-call physician, Kneipp treatments, group therapies, lectures and evenings under it.","The programme’s medical examinations, treatments and diagnostics. Accommodation, a resort fee of €63 per person a night, supplements and medication are extra.",{"supervision":1074,"team":1075,"consultations":1076},"The programme page says guests develop a diagnostic and therapy strategy with their attending physician. The Classic page lists a 24-hour on-call physician; the 2026 Lans brochure lists an on-call doctor, duty and night service.","Lanserhof’s German FAQ says its team of doctors looks after guests throughout the stay, working closely with therapists and with movement and nutrition experts.","For 12–16 nights: a 50-minute initial examination, 6 examinations with abdominal treatment, a findings discussion and a final one.",{"amount":116,"currency":17},1789312814333]