Parathuvayalil Ayurveda Pharmacy has a G.M.P. certified manufacturing unit with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. We adhere to quality control measures right from the selection of raw materials to the final packaging. We produce over 250 classical Ayurvedic formulations and have a range of patented medicaments too. A good part of the production is used in Keezhillathu Ayur Gramam and PVM Hospital itself.

We manufacture Kashayams (Decoctions), Arishtas, Asavas (Medicinal wines), Ghrutams (Medicated ghee), Lehyams (Linctuses), Tailams (Medicated oils), Choornams (powders), Gulikas (pills), Bhasmas etc.

Arishta & Asava
Asavas and Arishtas are medicinal preparations made by soaking the herbs, in liquid or powder form, in sugar or jaggery syrup, for a specified period of time. During this period, the mixture undergoes fermentation thus generating alcohol, which serves as a preservative.

Though both Asava and Arishta are similar in their texture, Asava, unlike Arishta, is prepared from the juices of fresh plants or water soaked dry drugs.

Parathuvayalil Pharmacy manufactures more than 30 varieties of Arishtas and Asavas. Some of them are:

Kashaya
Kashaya (decoction) is prepared by boiling the herbs and other medicinal substances in water and is reduced to the prescribed amount. Parathuvayalil Pharmacy produces more than 59 types of Kashayas for curing various ailments.

Tailam, Kuzhambu, Keram (Medicated Oils)
Tailam, Kuzhambu, and Keram are medicated oils. The term Taila is derived from the word 'Til' which is the Hindi name for sesame seeds. Most Tailam preparations are made with the oil of sesame seeds. A few concoctions also use coconut oil, castor oil, ghee, muscle fat etc. The medicated oils are used both externally and internally.

The desirable properties of the herbs are imparted into the oils by boiling them or their juices in the oils. The resultant medicine has the properties of the drugs with which it was treated. Parathuvayalil Ayurvedic Pharmaceuticals produces more than sixty five type of medicated oils.

Ghruta (Medicated Ghee)
Ghrutas are medicated ghee preparations which contain fat soluble medicinal principles of the herbs/substances used in the particular preparation. The basic principle of the preparation is the transference of fat soluble principles of the medicinal substances to ghee. This is done by boiling the pastes of the herbs in a mixture of ghee and water until all the water is lost by evaporation.

Some Ghrutas prepared by us are:

Lehya
Lehyams are linctuses or confections or thickened and sweetened extracts of herbs drawn into jaggery. It also contains ghee, oil and honey in lesser quantities.

Parathuvayalil Pharmacy produces more than twenty five varieties of Lehyams for treating various ailments.

Choorna (Powders)
Choorna is fine, dry medicine in powdered form. The term Choorna may be applied to the powder of a single drug or a mixture of two or more drugs which are powdered separately prior to their being mixed. Parathuvayalil Ayurvedic Pharmacy produces more than twenty types of Choornas for treating various diseases.

Gutika (Pills)
Gutikas, which are otherwise known as Vati, are pills or tablets. Gutikas are made by rolling, between the fingers, a fine paste of the drugs ground for the particular period of time prescribed. The paste is prepared by grinding the drugs in a mortar with juices or decoctions of prescribed drugs. We produce more than twenty types of pills for treating various ailments.