Pockanchery Chandu Vaidyar
Pockanchery Chandu Vaidyar was a noted Ayurveda vaidyar (practitioner) who lived at the time of the Zamorin of Calicut.[1] The method of his treatment earned praise from the king's family as well as the general public.
One story claims that he cured a rabies sufferer. Another story describes his treatment of chronic stomach ache. After daubing honey and some Ayurvedic medicine on a small banana, he tied the banana with a thread and told the patient to swallow it. After some time, he used the thread to pull the banana from the patient's stomach. The surprised relatives of the patient saw small worm-type creatures on the banana, and the patient was completely cured.
A branch of his family members settled in Valapad village, Trissur district. cholayil kunjumami vaidyarValiparambil was his student.
References
This article "Pockanchery Chandu Vaidyar" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Pockanchery Chandu Vaidyar. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
