CAReKeralam to scientifically validate 20 popular Ayurvedic medicines

CAReKeralam, which recently scientifically validated the anti-diabetes Ayurvedic formulation NishaakathakaadhiKashayam (NKK) thus facilitating its sale abroad, is going ahead with the same process for other products too. The scientific validation of the diabetes formulation was a first-of-its-kind attempt in the history of Ayurveda. Such validation is necessary for the marketing and sale of Ayurvedic products in foreign markets.

CAReKeralam, a common facility set up as a joint venture between Ayurveda units and the Kerala government, will identify 20 popular formulations for scientific validation with a view to ensuring wider acceptability for Ayurvedic medicines. Many Ayurvedic formulations are marketed mostly as food supplements.

CAReKeralam (the Confederation of Ayurvedic Renaissance Keralam Ltd) will be supported by the National Innovation Council and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in this attempt to bring international recognition to Ayurvedic medicines.

CAReKeralam, along with CSIR and other national agencies, is also planning a grand Ayurveda summit to place this age-old Indian system of medicine in the limelight and identify key products for scientific validation, with the support of the industry.

Spurred by the huge response to its dossier on NKK, the group is also planning to hold a clinical trial of the formulation with a minimum of 500 subjects, to establish the efficacy and safety of the product and officially declare it safe, and in accordance with global standards.

CAReKeralam was established in Koratty in Thrissur district of Kerala with the support of AYUSH department of the Central government. It has conducted a comprehensive multidisciplinary study on NKK’s eight raw materials, and the Ayurvedic product formulated from them, demonstrating its efficacy on rats.

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