Ayurveda is a traditional form of healing that developed in India around 600 B.C. Ayurveda is widely practiced in Kerala. The practice of healing the body through natural means, using the extracts of plants was refined into a science by sages and healers in ancient times in India. Most of Kerala, whose native habitat consists of wet evergreen rain forests at lower elevations and highland deciduous
and semi-evergreen forests in the east, is subject to a humid tropical climate. Most of Kerala's significantly bio diverse tracts of wilderness lie in the evergreen forests of its easternmost districts. Eastern Kerala consists of land encroached upon by the Western Ghats; the region thus includes high mountains, gorges, and deep-cut valleys. The wildest lands are covered with dense forests, while other regions lie under tea and coffee plantations The Western Ghats rise on average to 1500 m elevation above sea level. Some of the popular hill stations in the region are Munnar, Vagamon, Paithalmala, Wayanad, Nelliyampathi, Elapeedika, Peermade and Ponmudi.
