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Ashtavaidya Olassa Chirattaman Narayanan Moos Passes Away

July 12, 2007: Ayurveda practitioner and pious poet passes away at Kottayam in Kerala. Ashtavaidyan Olassa Chirattaman Narayanan Moos (71) was an eminent Ayurveda physician practiced more than 50 years in the Traditional Indian System of Medicines, Ayurveda. He, with his uncle translated Ashtangahridaya, the basic treatise of Ayurveda, from Sanskrit to English.

Contrary to common practice, the Chirattaman family physicians passed on the ‘knowledge of life’ to people of all castes. The students of Narayanan Moos and his father come from all parts of Kerala, to clear their doubts.

Narayanan Moos was an expert Ayurveda practitioner and an expert in Sanskrit, who never surrendered traditional values to financial benefits. He was delivering his services as the managing director of Olassa Dhanwanthary Vilasom Ayurveda Sala, at Kottayam in Kerala.

There is one peculiar story about the family name Chirattamon.

Once, the favorite elephant of the King of Travancore got a wound and Ashtavaidya was called to the palace to treat the wound. The palace physicians couldn’t treat the wound and they were jealous of the Vaidya (physician), who came to treat the elephant. As the Vaidya was cleaning the wound, the Kottaram Vaidyas (palace physicians) took the medicinal preparation away. The Vaidya, without losing heart and with some deep meditation, took some earth in a coconut shell, made it into a paste and applied on the wound. The wound healed. Thus the family got the name Chirattaman. Chiratta is the shell of a coconut and mannu is soil (earth).

Are You Aware Today’s Medicines Can Be Banned Tommorow?
Allopathy and Ayurveda are systems of medicines that are always at loggerheads. The differences are visible on the very basic principles of these two systems of medicine. While Allopathy believes every disease can be cured by fighting the disease causing parasites with chemicals, Ayurveda firmly believes in utilizing the inherent strength and ability of the body to resist diseases and keeping itself healthy.

While Ayurveda medicines are aimed at balancing all the different systems of the body for a healthy state, Allopathy medicines aim at removing the symptoms of the disease.

While Ayurvedic is primarily a preventive medicine, Allopathy is a curing medicine.

Little research has been into Ayurveda in the past 2000 years. Thousands of researches have been on about Allopathy medicine in the past 50 years.

Ayurveda suggests usage of medicines or medicine combinations that will cure any disease while not causing any disturbance to other parts of the body system. Contrast it against allopathic medicine and it will be very hard to find Ayurvedic medicines or treatments that are at least half a way free from side effects.

Allopathic drugs that have been on market are quickly banned. Medicines banned at one or a few countries find flourishing markets at all other countries.

See a list of medicines that are banned in the West, but are freely available in Indian market at

Also see the side effects of a well circulated medicinal component called Phenylproanolamine or PPA as revealed in an

Yes, these medicines were once deemed safe and the use of which was in accordance with law. However, it is only later that the side effects of serious propositions come to the notice of medical fraternity.

Doctors prescribe and ordinary people use the drugs that come out of factories. Only after use by many thousands of people, do we know the side-effects were stronger than expected. It is not a wonder if some doubts the effectiveness and safety of a synthetic drug.

Look at the primary requirement of an Ayurveda medicine – a medicine must not bring forth another imbalance (in the body).

The world today acknowledges this difference and there is no wonder more people are attracted to the 5000 (or more) year old system of medicine that has for some time remained dusted under the history.

With this system of medicine, people don’t have to worry about outdated or banned drugs. One can believe they will be cured while they are cared.

Ayurveda cures… while not experimenting with the health (and life) of individuals.

If you have not yet taken the steps to actively pursue the benefits of Ayurveda, it may be (excuse me, it IS) time to learn the wonders of natural method of care and cure that address not only the disease or the body, but also the person as a whole!