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The
Nanal dynasty goes back to 1893 when Vaidyabhushan Purshottamshastri
was born. 
After studying the traditional systems of ayurveda and the dashgranth
(The ten epics), he devoted his life to ayurveda. He knew that if ayurveda
was to survive the changing times and keep up with the onslaught of
new medicinal concepts, then research in the subject along with a college
to teach the subject was necessary. He played an important role in setting
up three of Pune's main pillars of the ayurveda system of medicine:
the Tilak Ayurveda College, the Seth Tarachand Ramnath Hospital and
the Ayurveda Rasashala, where research and production of ayurvedic medicines
takes place. It was his foresight and constant belief that even in the
modern world there is a place for ayurveda.
even
further. Equally keen on ayurvedic research, one of his medicines
helped alleviate the suffering of mentally challenged children and
those suffering from mental illness. In the 1930s and 1940s, he also
successfully experimented with cobra venom to help cure various
diseases. He worked successfully with several plants, which find no
mention in ayurvedic textbooks.
carrying on the grand old tradition. Western medicine and the
allopathic system have no cures for several problems like lohashinat,
raktakshay, psoriasis, atrophic rhinitis. Vaidya Vilas Nanal
has successfully undertaken research in these areas and is busy
developing a scientific ayurvedic cure for the same. For three
years Vaidya Vilas Nanal worked at C-DAC assisting as a domain
expert. He studied plants all over India and initiated a computer
listing of the same. Foreign tours, writing for various periodicals,
looking after patients and yet his interest in research continues
unabated. Creating awareness about ayurveda and to take the
results of this research to the masses, V. Nanal, along with
like-minded colleagues started this foundation.
