Oushadhi or Pharmaceutical Corporation (Indian Medicines) Kerala Ltd is an Ayurvedic

medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

manufacturing company situated in Kuttanellur, in

Thrissur Thrissur (, ), Renaming of cities in India, formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Ke ...

City of

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state. It is a fully Government of Kerala owned company and produces around 450 ayurvedic formulations.

History

Oushadhi (The Pharmaceutical Corporation I.M Kerala Ltd) originated as Sree Kerala Varma Government Ayurvedic Pharmacy in 1941 at the instance of His Highness Kerala Varma VI the Maharaja of Cochin from 1941 to 1943. He is also known as Midukkan Thampuran, a well known Ayurvedic physician with in-depth knowledge of Sanskrit and specialized in "Vishavaidyam" (Poison treatment). In 1975, the company was registered and renamed as "The Pharmaceutical Corporation (Indian Medicines) Kerala Ltd"

. Smt. Sobhana George is the current Chairperson and Dr. T K Hrideek is the current MD of Oushadhi.

Activities

Oushadhi has two factories at Kuttanellur,

City and

Pariyaram Pariyaram is a Grama Panchayat consisting of two villages viz. Pariyaram census town and Kuttiyeri village. Pariyaram is a suburb of Taliparamba on National Highway ( NH 66) between Taliparamba and Payyanur in Kerala state of India. Mini villa ...

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. The company has established 30-bed Pancha Karma Hospital and Research Institute at

City and a specialty centre for Ayurveda and Yoga at Sasthamangalam near

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. Oushadhi is also supplying Ayurvedic medicines to 1,035 Government hospitals, dispensaries and five other states at concessional prices. The company also owns two medicinal plant nurseries at Kuttanellur and

. Oushadhi has Agencies across Kerala, including one started in Bangalore called Oushadhi Ayurvedic Centre the first authorized agency in Karnataka State.

References

External links

Official Website
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