దర్శన ఆయుర్వేద Kukatpally, Hyderabad

A clinic for
Ayurvedic medicine.

Disease first. Everything else after. We run an out-patient department for conditions that need time, patience, and a practice rooted in classical Ayurveda — supported by a panchakarma therapy wing on the same premises.

On practice

We are not a wellness destination. We see patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, chronic migraine, IBS, and other conditions that typically arrive here after years with another system. Treatment is planned in the OPD, reviewed fortnightly, and — where indicated — supported by panchakarma in our in-house therapy wing.

§ 01 · Conditions index

We treat. By system.

A condition-led practice — therapies are chosen for the illness, not the other way around. Browse by system for the diseases we most commonly manage.

  1. i.

    Rheumatic & musculoskeletal

    Joint, spine and connective-tissue disease. Often long-standing, often on steroids.

    • Rheumatoid arthritis
    • Ankylosing spondylitis
    • Osteoarthritis (knee, hip)
    • Gout & hyperuricaemia
    • Cervical & lumbar radiculopathy
    • Frozen shoulder
  2. ii.

    Dermatological

    Chronic skin disease where topical steroids have stopped working, or shouldn't.

    • Psoriasis (plaque & palmoplantar)
    • Vitiligo (early & segmental)
    • Atopic dermatitis
    • Chronic urticaria
    • Acne vulgaris — hormonal
    • Seborrhoeic dermatitis
  3. iii.

    Metabolic & endocrine

    Long-term management alongside — not instead of — your endocrinologist.

    • Type 2 diabetes mellitus
    • Dyslipidaemia
    • Hypothyroidism
    • PCOS & menstrual irregularity
    • Obesity (BMI > 30)
    • Non-alcoholic fatty liver
  4. iv.

    Neurological

    Chronic functional and degenerative conditions. Slow work, measured in months.

    • Migraine (chronic & episodic)
    • Bell's palsy (sub-acute)
    • Parkinson's — supportive care
    • Peripheral neuropathy
    • Post-stroke rehabilitation
    • Sleep disorders
  5. v.

    Gastrointestinal

    Functional gut disease, chronic constipation, GERD. Often where we begin.

    • Irritable bowel syndrome
    • Gastroesophageal reflux
    • Ulcerative colitis (remission)
    • Chronic constipation
    • Non-specific dyspepsia
    • Haemorrhoids & fissure
  6. vi.

    Women's health

    Cycle irregularity, fertility, and peri-menopausal transition.

    • Primary & secondary infertility
    • Dysmenorrhoea
    • Endometriosis — pain management
    • Post-partum care
    • Menopausal syndrome
    • Recurrent UTI

Note — If your condition isn't listed, write to us with a brief history. We will tell you, candidly, whether it is something we treat.

§ 02 · Method

How a case is run.

First visits are unhurried. We take history the old way — nāḍī, prakṛti, vikṛti — and read whatever reports you walked in with. You leave with a plan, a prescription, and a review date.

  1. 01

    Case-taking

    Forty-five minutes. History, pulse, tongue, and a review of prior investigations. No diagnosis delivered by another system is dismissed — it is read carefully and integrated.

    Typically — T+0

  2. 02

    Prakṛti & vikṛti

    Constitution (what you were born with) separated from pathology (what is currently disordered). This distinction decides what must be removed, what must be pacified, and what must be nourished.

    Recorded — T+0

  3. 03

    Plan & prescription

    A written treatment plan in plain language: medicines, dietary instructions, therapy (if indicated), expected trajectory, and what to call about. We do not dispense; prescriptions are filled at any registered Ayurvedic pharmacy.

    Review in — 14 days

  4. 04

    Panchakarma — when indicated

    For cases that need it, therapy is administered on the same premises with our in-house team. A typical course runs 7, 14 or 21 days with pūrvakarma (preparation) done at home beforehand.

    Duration — 7 / 14 / 21 d

  5. 05

    Fortnightly review

    Most chronic work is measured in fortnights. Reviews run 20 minutes, adjust the prescription, and — most importantly — ask what has actually changed. We keep a ledger.

    Ongoing — every 14 d

§ 03 · Therapies

Panchakarma & allied therapies.

Therapies we perform on-premises, with the clinical indications we use them for. We avoid cosmetic applications. Each requires physician clearance and a blood-work baseline.

No. 01

Vamana

Therapeutic emesis

Supervised, brief, and uncomfortable. Used principally for kapha-predominant illness — early psoriasis, chronic bronchial asthma, recurrent urticaria. Admitted for the day; discharged by evening.

Indication Kapha-predominant
No. 02

Virechana

Therapeutic purgation

Targeted downward elimination. A first-line panchakarma in the clinic for pitta-rooted illness — plaque psoriasis, dyshidrotic eczema, hepatic dyslipidaemia, refractory migraine.

Indication Pitta-predominant
No. 03

Basti

Medicated enema

Considered the most important therapy in classical texts. We run it as alternating oil-and-decoction courses for rheumatoid arthritis, spondylitis, sciatica, and chronic constipation.

Indication Vāta-predominant
No. 04

Nasya

Nasal medication

Five minutes in the chair; lasting effect for upper-body conditions. Used for chronic migraine, cervical spondylosis, allergic rhinitis, and post-herpetic neuralgia of the face.

Indication Urdhva-jatru
No. 05

Raktamokṣaṇa

Leech therapy

Medicinal leeches, applied locally. Standard of care in our OPD for localised psoriasis, varicose ulcers, and post-thrombotic cutaneous stasis. Approximately seven minutes per site.

Indication Localised rakta
No. 06

Śirodhāra

Oil stream to the forehead

Clinically, not cosmetically. Medicated oil or takra (buttermilk) stream for insomnia, anxiety-led hypertension, and vata-type headaches. Always part of a broader plan.

§ 04 · Physician

Dr. Darshana Reddy

दर्शन

Principal physician. Trained at Government Ayurveda College, and practising since 2014. The clinic is small by design — one physician, one chair, one therapy wing.

Degree
BAMS — Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery (2010)
Training
Panchakarma residency, Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala (2011–2013)
Registration
TS AYUSH Board, Reg. No. A/2014/17842
Clinical interest
Autoimmune dermatology, rheumatic disease, women's health
Publications
Three case series in JAIM & AYU — 2018, 2020, 2023

“Ayurveda is a system of medicine. It has a pharmacology, a pathology, and a method. When it is practised that way, patients do get better — and when it isn't, they don't.”

§ 05 · Journal

From our clinical notebook.

Long-form case write-ups, evidence notes, and reading we keep coming back to. Posted when there is something worth saying — usually monthly.

Reading nāḍī without reading too much into it.

Pulse diagnosis is a useful clinical tool, not a parlour trick. What it can reliably tell you, what it cannot, and how we teach it in our practice.

Against the word “detox.”

A quiet argument against a loud word. Why our patient letters no longer use it, and what we say instead — to patients, and to our own trainees.

Read the full journal

§ 06 · Visit

Come by.

The clinic is above AXIS Bank in Addagutta, Kukatpally — a first-floor OPD with the panchakarma therapy wing on the same premises. Lift access from the ground floor.

Hours

Monday — Friday09:30 — 18:00
Saturday09:30 — 13:30
SundayClosed
Therapy wing07:00 — 11:00

Address

Flat No. 201, Above AXIS Bank,
Addagutta, Kukatpally,
Hyderabad 500090
Telangana, India
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What to bring

  • Current prescriptions & medicine boxes
  • Last two years' investigations, if any
  • A diary of the week's meals & sleep
  • Your questions, written down