Creating landmarks in the field of Ayurveda Since….1944 DRAVYAGUNA DEPARTMENT BRIEF INTRODUCTION: It’s a complete science of herbal plants. It’s including pharmacognosy, pharmacology and therapeutic uses of the plants. Ayurvedic drugs, especially herbs are prescribed in different pharmaceutical forms, to get maximum therapeutic effect. The word dravyaguna consist of 2 words: 1) Dravya = material of thing which can be living or not living. 2) Guna = properties According to Charaka their is nothing on the earth which is not medicine. That’s why Ayurveda considers all substances as medicine, if used for specific purposes in an appropriate way. In Ayurveda more than 600 medicinal plants are included as drugs and they are used either alone or in combination with each other to alleviate the disorders. Ayurveda takes into the account the action of the drug in its entity. It holds that the action of the whole drug is often different from that of any one of its constituents considered separately. In this regard, the quotation from the Charaka Samhita looks more interesting- “ It is not possible to infer the action of a compound substance on the particular combination of doshas. To understand the Ayurvedic mechanism of action of any drug, it is essential to have the knowledge of- rasa (taste), guna (properties), virya (biological properties), vipaka (attributes of drug assimilation) of that specific drug. Use of herbs as medicine by the sizeable number of population has drawn the attention of Health planners of developed and developing countries around the World and also of World Health Organization (WHO) to address issues related to "safe, standard and quality" products based on medicinal plants. This is the only unit of Ayush department of Rajasthan govt,where the PG dravyaguna is going on. Sixty students for BAMS & FIVE tudent for MD admit in each academic year. Qualified teaching staff including higher faculty and lower faculty as per the CCIM norms have been appointed to provide proper training to the UG & P.G. students in the department. One Professor & HOD (Dr. Kamini Kaushal),Two Associate Professor (Dr.Ashwini Kumar Sharma,Dr Rajesh Chandra Mishra) & two Assistant professor (Dr. Meera Bhatt & Dr Pradeep Soni)are appointed here by Rajasthan Govt., Malies & two Peons are serving here.We are having most precious assets of department is our museum for medicinal plant specimens. Total specimens are 780. We are also maintain a large beautiful herbal garden in collage campus,Other 24.5 Hectare, CHARAKA UPAWAN situated at the heart of Aravali mountain for practical value addition. Total Number of medicinal plants are 1800 & their species are 189 in number. CHARAKA UPAWAN MD(Dravyaguna): Doctor of Medicine in Dravyaguna Vigyan (Ayurvedic Pharmacology) is a Pre- Clinical Course. It provides the principles of Ayurvedic pharmacognosy and pharmacology with a special focus on identification of controversial drugs, adulterants and substitutes used in Ayurvedic practice. Dravyaguna deals knowledge of nomenclature (namajnana), pharmacognosy (rupajnana), pharmacology (gunajnana) and pharmacotherapeutics (yuktijnana).The course prepares student to be a research scholar, an efficient teacher, an Ayurvedic physician and a surgeon to contribute his/ her services to the medical and health sciences. Duration : Three years from the date of commencement of classes. DAILY ACTIVITIES: The department is imparting proper theory and practical knowledge to the students and P.G. scholars. Regular Classes and Internal assessment are going on. Proper facility for indoor & out door activities related to medicinal plants along with a good mentorship of Dr ashwini Sharma & Dr. Rajesh Chandra Mishra in Charaka upawan is also available. Indoor activities: Daily Theory and Practical classes are being conducted for BAMS & PG scholars. We trained our students to identify the dry samples as well as green sample of medicinal plants, making of herbarium sheets of rare & endangered medicinal plants.Practicals of pharmacognocy.MD students are also put in clinical duties in Moti chohatta hospital,Udaipur. Outdoor activities: Educational tours within state are arranged in every season for every year students. Medicinal plant identification tour for Out of State is compulsory to every UG & PG students. INFRASTURUCTURE: All the department’s rooms & museum are spacious and well maintained. Available facility as: MUSIUM PHARMACOGNOCY LAB: A well equipped Pharmacognocy Lab is available here.All the facilities in respect of equipment & training is available for our students.Dr Rajesh Chandra Mishra looks after this.All facilities as under: Field magnifier Compound microscope Dissecting Mircoscope Computer with Internet with printer Digital camera zoom lens – 5 megamixed Refrigerator Drier Stop watch Glass wares:- Beackers Burners Binoculars Volumetric flasks & pippets Funnels Porcelain dishes 1. Macroscopic & Microscopic Studies-Instruments Like-Microscope, slides box, with cover slips, Reagents, chemicals , Camera lucida etc. 2. Physicochemnical test facilities:- Solubility test facilities, Moisture content, Ph, Specific gravity, Ash value 1. Chemical balance 2. Physical balance 3. Ph.Meter 4. Crucibles 5. Burners 6. Spirit Lamp 7. Test tubes with stand holder 8. Blotting/filter papers 9. Watch Glass 10. Mortar pastle (ceramic & stone 11.Dissection Box l2. Enamel Trays 13. Reagents are available as: a. Choloroform b. Alcohold. c. HCI d. Sulphuric acid e. Sodium, potassium hydroxide f. Benedict solution g. Sodium nitrate h. Potasium nitrate i. Citric acid j. Iodine k. Potatium Iodiale l. Ethyl Alcohol m. Xylol/pure xylene Others are as: 1. Racks/showcase 2. Containers(glass)for fresh/live specimen(specimen preservation) a. Preferably rare drugs b. Solution formaline, Cuso4 to retain the color distilled water 3. Dry specimen- a. Transparent Jars(small) b. Replaces the sample periodically c. Herbarium sheets-no limit d. Photographs of all medicinal plants B. ABOUT HERBAL GARDEN S.No. Details Information 1. Herbal Garden With in College campus :Available, Good Herbal garden with plenty of plants like tree, herbs,shrubs,climbers etc.with plenty irrigation facility. BHAVPRAKASH VATIKA,GOMUD VATIKA,Etc. 2. Herbal Garden in different premises- : CHARAKA UPAWAN-24.5 Hect. land 3. Total Number of Plants available :1800 Plants 4. Total Number of Species available : 189 Plant species MUSIUM Well faciliated ,decorated with dry and wet specimen of medicinal plants are available for the UG & PG Student training.There are many charts related to dravyaguna also put vaue addition in the department. Charts(115) 1. Samanya vishesha siddhantha 2. Panchabhautic siddhanta 3. Dravya 4. Rasadi Panchakas(7) 5. Classification of Dravya(many) 6. Evolution of Dravyaguna 7. Basic Botany-specific parts to modification 8. Microsopic section of the parts of the plant 9. Modern Charts on general pharmacology. EDUCATIONAL ECTIVITIES: The department is imparting proper theory and practical knowledge to the students and P.G. scholars. Regular Classes and Internal Examinations are going on.Every year 2 short term & 1 long term educational tour are organized to train the UG & PG students.