Overview

In Indian System of Medicine herbal drugs play an important role in preparing or in manufacturing the Ayurvedic formulations. The drugs may comprise of whole plant or different parts of the plant, which are used singly or in combination to make compound formulations. Majority of the crude drugs are obtained from the plant sources where as very less percentage is derived from animal and mineral sources. The use of plant drugs however demands correct "Identification" and "Characterization". Pharmacognostical studies help in developing Pharmacopoeia' standards and for identification of authentication of drug material for various formulations in which these drugs are used in different pharmacies. The current Pharmacognostical methods to identify a herbal plant are based on their chemical analysis or by morphological examination of the plants and by microscopical/anatomical studies. Thus pharmacognosy is a rapidly developing science which deals with the complete and systematic knowledge of crude drugs which will be useful to mankind in order to relieve diseases in human beings and as well as it helps for the manufacturers or in pharmacies.

One of the important aspects of the pharmacognosy is to identify correctly the crude drugs used as such in medicine or as sources for commercial exploitation by drug industries, pharmacies or for exporter. Anatomical characters/structure are most likely to provide evidence for correct identification concerned with the inter relationships of larger groups such as families or in helping to establish the real affinities of genera of uncertain taxonomic studies. Anatomy sometimes proves very much helpful for individual identification. Each families of different plants/drugs will have specifying anatomical characters, for example in case of cucurbitaceae family, vascular bundles are of bi collateral type, in Amaranthaceae family exhibits anomalous secondary growth by forming successive collateral bundles.

The pharmacognostical method involves in identifying the crude drugs by studying their macro and microscopic characters. The traditional system of medicine derives more than 85% of the drugs from the plant source. Drug came in to existence from very early times to alleviate pain and cure the diseases. Drug play an important role in Ayurveda, the identification of drugs is of paramount importance for the survival of traditional system of medicine. It is also found that often substitutes and adulterants are sold in the crude drug markets from where the physicians of today and drug manufacturers procure their raw drug for daily requirements. Thus there is ur-gent need to undertake some of the pa-rameters like taxanomical, pharmacognostical and phytochemical characters. The various exomorphic characters found in the plants/drugs help in the taxonomic method of identification.

Eligibility

A person possessing the degree in Ayurvedacharya (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) of a University or Board or medical institution specified in the Second Schedule to the Act shall be eligible for admission in the Post Graduate Diploma Course.


Colleges offering PG Diploma in Ayurvedic Pharmacognosy and Standardization

Government Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital

About UsGovernment Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram, a pioneer institute of Ayurveda in Kerala, India was established in the year 1889 by the erstwhile Maharaja of Travancore. It is located on the M G Road, near the Thiruvananthapuram Central Bus Station and... View More
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