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English: CV Gangadharan Vaidyan of Chavarcode family hailing from the Kollam district of Kerala state, India is renowned for his great lineage in traditional Ayurvedic treatments. Generations of traditional physicians from Chavarcode family have come up to make valuable contributions to the Travancore Palace and for the well-being of humanity. CV Gangadharan Vaidyan received his Vaidya Kalanidhi degree in ayurveda. In true sense he was a scholar in Ayurveda science both in theory and practice. In curing a patient of a certain disease he followed his own style of selecting the herbal ingredients. To boost selective drug effect, he would double some items in his prescription. It definitely showed marvelous therapeutic results. After diagnosis, he was meticulous to do elimination therapy in essential cases of high toxic states. This type of conservative course of internal medication brought unusual fast recovery and relief of the disease. The rejuvenation therapy brings the patient to a better state of balanced organ system with boosting of immunity. The patient feels young compared to his age and disease free for a period of time. Another specialization of Gangadharan Vaidyan was the Leech Therapy which let out local toxic collections. For this he had a leech museum where the bio-tech leeches were grown.