Hereditary Traditional Siddha Medicine Consultant and Practitioner at Agasthiar Sidtha Medical Centre, Kulim.
20+ years in Siddha medicine and medicinal food practice
Her work connects traditional medicine, kitchen-based healing, patient guidance, and community health awareness.
Vaithiar Agasthia Rathy Lekshmikanth is a Hereditary Traditional Sidtha Medicine Consultant and Practitioner at her Agasthiar Sidtha Medical Centre Kulim.
She is an expert in Sidtha medicine and medicinal food preparation. She has been actively operating and practising in the field for more than 20 years. She has been amongst the great few who pioneered in Sidtha medicinal food for the body, mind and spiritual welfare of the people.
She has guided in the development of many herbal products for manufacturing units. She is a renowned Sidtha expert in Kulim, the Northern region of Malaysia. Many patients across the nation visit her daily. Vaithiar Agasthia Rathy has written more than 20 books related to indian traditional food.
She has hosted approximately 200 episodes of television programs on medicinal food titled "Nalaviyalaal Varum Inbangal". Which has made her a famous icon among indian kitchens after the broadcasting of her cooking programs entitled "Enna Samayalo" in Astro Vizhuthugal. Almost all of her cooking episodes touch the Tamilian hearts. She literally taught the Nation how to cook and what to cook in the proper traditionally and medicinally infused way? Her shows attract the large ordinary crowd who viewed with much extraordinary interest.
Vaithiar currently holds the Life Membership from the Sidtha Vaithiar Sangam from 2001. She also holds an Iridology Cert from the Indian Board of Alternative Medicines, India.
She has further enhanced her pulse diagnosis in Sidtha under the tutorage of Nadi Vigyan Vaidyacharrya Vaithiar J.R Raju.
Participated in the first symposium on Ayurveda, Unani and Sidtha System of Medicine at Kuala Lumpur on 18th March 2007 organised by PEPTIM, the umbrella body of Ministry of Health.
Participated in the 6th International TCM Conference and 3rd International Congress on Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica held on 17th till 20th July 2007 organised by the Ministry of Health Malaysia.
Participated in International Conference on Traditional Indian Systems of Ayurvedic Medicine which was held on 2nd March 2010 organized by the Malaysian Association of TIM, Department of Ayush, India and Ministry of Health Malaysia.
Participated in Continuing Medical Education (CME) - Seminar for Practitioners of Ayurveda in Malaysia held on 8th and 14th August 2010 organised by the Malaysian Association of Traditional Indian Medicine, Ayush, India and High Commission of India, Malaysia.
Participated in the 4th Conference on Traditional Medicine in Asean Countries on 26th till 28th November 2012 organised by TCM Ministry of Health, Malaysia.
Participated in the Expert Discourse on Traditional Indian Medicine held on 15th to 18th January 2013 organised by TCM division Ministry of Health Malaysia in collaboration with Ayush, Ministry of Health Family Welfare India.
Participated in International Conference on Sidtha Medicine held on 11th and 12th November 2013 organized by TCM Ministry of Health, Malaysia.
Free yoga classes for students below 13 years of age.
Gives lectures and conducts self awareness Sidtha classes to Indian people, teaching them how to consume food as medicine.
Her writings were published by leading newspapers and magazines, and her interviews were broadcast through radio and television networks.
Her program "Nalaviyalal Varum Inbangal" showed daily over Astro Vizhuthugal for many years and gained her name and fame.
"Enna Samayalo" gave her an excellent breakthrough, bringing traditional flavours, spices, and Sidtha herbs into Indian kitchens.
Due to her keen interest in medicinal preparations, she has supported numerous critical stage patients through healthy lifestyle guidance and Sidtha medicines.
During the First World Sidtha Conference conducted by KKM, she held the Sidtha Vice President position in PEPTIM and rendered a speech on Sidtha Treatment and Its Future in Malaysia.
Many schools, NGOs, and welfare associations continuously request Vaithiar to give speeches on Sidtha lifestyle, health matters, diseases, and remedies.
Vaithiar's vision is a multi-faced specialist hospital encompassing Sidtha, Ayurveda, Yunani, Yoga, Naturotherapy, and Western doctors' practice all under one roof to serve mankind.
in Kulim, Malaysia.
3290, Jalan Selasih 2A/1