Department of DRAVYAGUNA
Dravyaguna is a subject coming under second professional BAMS curriculum. Department of Dravyaguna mainly deals with fundamental principles of Ayurveda pharmacology; medicinal plants their identification pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, experimental and clinical pharmacology.
Objectives: To impart detailed knowledge of Pharmacology Covering different aspects of:
- Basic principles
- Pharmacognosy
- Phytochemistry
- Experimental & Clinical pharmacology
- Pharmacotherapeutics
FACULTIES ATTENDANCE
- NAME : RADHIKA C- 2024 january to December 80% each month
- NAME : NITHYA V S- 2024 April to 2024 December 80% each month
- NAME : JASEELA V K- 2024 April to 2024 December 80% each month
Vision:
Making students well versed in the subject for effective practice and propagation of judicious use of genuine plant products in treatment and continuous research activities by starting PG and PhD courses thus contributing to subject updating.
Mission :
- Execution of effective teaching so as to inculcate subject interest in students.
- Fundamental and Medicinal plant research.
- Conservation of plants, both in-situ and ex-situ.
- Academic activities: Teaching the students of second professional BAMS, MD scholars of other departments and other batches on a part of integration. Theory, practical classes with activities like group discussion, garden visit and departmental study tour.
- OPD
IPD
Medical camps
Medicinal plant survey
Garden visits
Awareness classes on Medicinal plants. - Planting and Conservation of Rare medicinal plants. Study tours for exploring and updating the knowledge of Medicinal plants.
Activities 2024-25
- Drip irrigation installed in the herbal garden at the Northern side of the college library.
- 150 Medicinal plant saplings were distributed and plantation was done in campus on 5/06/2024.
- Herbal garden cleaning & digging of pits for planting new medicinal plants were carried out with the help of MGNREGA workers on 01/06 /2024.
- Medicinal plant protection committee formed.
- Replaced missing name board in the Herbal Garden.
- Worked for the achievement of green campus by heading with activities to stop plastic burning & others.
- Herbal garden setting and saplings distribution at Kadannappalli Thekkekkara GLP School on 30/ 10/2024.
- Medicinal plant saplings distribution from college hospital premises to public on 5/11/2024.
- Conducted field visit for 2021 BAMS batch on 4/03/24- 06/03/24, 26/10/24 & 16/11/24
- Participated in the exhibition conducted on 26/11/24 & 27/11/24 in connection with Ayurveda day, exhibited medicinal plants & dry drugs.
- Garden was visited by students of Kadannappalli UP school, Pariyaram medical college public school, Mary matha school, Pilathara & NSS volunteers of GVHSS Pariyaram in connection with Ayurveda day exhibition.
- Conducted external faculty class on Network pharmacology and Bioinformatics with demonstration on 18/01/25.
A. Non- Teaching Staff | Gardeners : 5 |
B. Lab | Lab facilities for Pharmaognosy( Macroscopy& Microscopy) and Phytochemistry |
C. Library | Department library with around 177 books covering Basic principles of Dravyaguna , Pharmacognosy,Phytochemistry,Modernpharmacology,Nighantus and Classial texts of Ayurveda. |
D. Seminar Hall | |
E. Museum | Dry drug specimens – 241 Wet drug specimens Charts with details of Single drugs ( Macrosopy&Miroscopy ) - 277 |
F. Classroom | |
G. Herbal garden | Total area - 12,140 sq.m Total number ofspecies : 250 Total number of Plants : 7500 Drip irrigation facility installed for potted plants |
H. Green house | |
I. Nakshathravanam |
Facilities for patients: OPD and IPD, Bed strength 4,
Public extension activities: Department collects and supplies medicinal plants saplings yearly in connection with environmental day. Also plantation in the campus is being done every year. Awareness classes on medicinal plants are conducted for students of nearby schools NSS camps, Anganvadi teachers and ASHA workers. CME programs are also organized by the department for medical officers and practitioners.
Major equipment under the Department: Microscopes, Dissecting Microscope, Projection Microscope, Field magnifier, Electronic balance, Bunsen burner, LCD projector, PH meter, and other necessary lab equipment, computer and printer
Good Academic results.
Research &Consultants : Applied for PG course and PhD research centre.
Programmes:
- Seminar on cultivation of Medicinal plants for public.
- Demonstration class for trainees of the SMPB funded training Programme on Medicinal plants conducted by Department of Agronomy, Vellayani Agricultural centre.
- Exhibitions
Syllabus
Department Library :
Department library with around 177 books covering Basic principles of Dravyaguna , Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Modern pharmacology, Nighantus and Classical text books of Ayurveda.
Herbal Garden : More than 6000 medicinal plants with 500 species are cultivated in the Herbal Garden to know and familiarize various types of herbs to the BAMS & PG students at an area covered by 5 Acres.
CME 24-25 :
- Conducted 2 days CME ‘Oushadhi Samvardhana’ on Medicinal plant identification and cultivation on 22 & 23 January 2025.