Dr. Palep’s Medical Research Foundation is established with a mission to help Ayurveda regain its past glory and status of eminence in the country of its origin and to make it truly an effective therapeutic alternative.


Ayurveda is our ancient heritage. Ayurvedic medicines have a legacy of thousands of years of established safety profile based on experimental wisdom. Most of the drugs are herbal and natural in origin. Contrary to the common belief, Ayurveda has a very advanced drug delivery system and concepts based on synergistic action of various ingredients of its formulations.


Conceptually, Ayurveda is far superior to modern medicine. Five thousand years ago Ayurveda mooted a eugenic concept of a super baby (Shreshtam apatyam). Accordingly the objective of antenatal care is birth of a super baby and super citizens for the benefit of a healthy nation. Interestingly Ayurveda has described many newer therapeutic modalities currently in use in modern medicine, e.g. receptor blocking therapy. The use of Dhatura in the prevention of Rabies is excellent example of receptor blocking therapy. Modern research on Dhatura has shown that atropine like action of Dhatura can block the acetylcholine receptors and thereby help in preventing the fixation of exotoxin in them.

The activities of foundation include:

• Propagation dissemination of the knowledge of Ayurveda in modern scientific language through publications, lectures, seminars – Tadvidya sambhashas, and CME programs.


• To manufacture effective standardized Ayurvedic drugs, delivery systems and therapies for all those different types of ailments, which defy the modern medical science.




• Use of modern scientific technology to pack all the therapeutic potency of herbs in to a convenient gelatin capsule.




• To establish verifiable clinical and laboratory data to establish the effectiveness of standardized drugs manufactured by the foundation.




• Multicentric clinical trials to establish verifiable clinical data.




• Research at the molecular level with Ayurveda and to translate the Ayurvedic concept of Vata, Pitta and Kapha in to molecular biological language.

The foundation has a vision of establishing its presence in all the major states in India by the end of year 2006.
In this era of globalization where the western countries are now opening channels to accept the Ayurvedic drugs and formulation as a main line treatment, the foundation aims at being the front runners from the Indian Ayurvedic Industry by taking initiatives to develop a state of art internationally recognized R & D center.