Traditional Medicine in Asia

Diploma Course in Ayurveda
The objective of this one-year course
(divided into three semesters of four months
each) is to provide intensive theoretical and
practical training in Ayurveda, covering
most of the five-year degree course in
Ayurveda. This course is designed for the
graduates of modern medicine or any other
traditional medicine to prepare them to
become efficient Ayurvedic practitioners.
The details of the subjects are, basic
principles of Ayurveda, including hygiene
and public health, detailed study of
medicinal plants, their properties and uses
(Dravyaguna), Ayurvedic mineral, herbal
and aquatic drugs (Rasa Shastra), herbal
pharmaceutical preparations (Bhaishajya
Kalpana), intensive training in traditional
and classical preparation of Ayurvedic
medicines; Ayurvedic diagnostic
procedures, pathology and pathogenesis
(Roga Nidana), Kayachikitsa – internal
medicine, Rasayana – rejuvenation therapy
in the promotion and preservation of health
and the treatment of various chronic
illnesses, Vajikarana – promotion of
reproductive health, Manas Roga –
psychiatry, Panchakarma, its role in the
preservation and promotion of health and
treatment of chronic degenerative diseases,
Yoga and nature cure; Kaumarabhritya,
Prasuti and Striroga – paediatrics, obstetrics
and gynaecology, Shalya – surgery,
including Ksharasutra preparation and
management of ano-rectal diseases,
Shalakya – ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology,
Pathyapathya – Ayurvedic
dietetic preparations and management.
Introductory Course in Ayurveda
This three-month course is designed to
impart basic knowledge of Ayurveda to
scholars having a medical background or
graduation in bio-sciences or in fields allied
to medicine. The details of the subjects
Ayurveda
under this course are, basic principles of
Ayurveda, including Swasthavritta (hygiene
and positive health), the fundamentals of
herbo-mineral Materia Medica and
pharmaceutics, the fundamentals of
diagnosis and pathogenesis of diseases
(Nidana), the fundamentals of treatment
(Chikitsa) including Panchakarma
(internal purification and massage
therapies), Rasayana (geriatrics and
rejuvenation therapy), fundamentals of
surgery (Shalya) including Ksharasootra
(alkaline thread cauterization), Agnikarma
(cauterization), Jalaukavacharana (leech
application), etc., management of common
clinical conditions through herbal
preparation.
Bachelor of Pharmacy in
Ayurveda [B.Pharm (Ayu)]
The main aim of this four-year Bachelor
Degree Course is to produce high quality
technologists capable of producing quality
Ayurvedic drugs by employing traditional,
modern or upgraded or modified
traditional techniques as well as controlling
and maintaining their quality. The course
has been planned in such a manner that
the personnel completing it should be
capable of meeting different requirements
of both the manufacturing and consumer
sectors for Ayurvedic drugs and other
traditional systems of medicine.
Master of Pharmacy in Ayurveda
[M. Pharm (Ayu)]
This two-year Master’s Degree course is
designed to provide in-depth knowledge of
Ayurvedic drugs, their method of
manufacturing and also their
standardization and quality control aspects
with specialization in two subjects:
Pharmaceutics of Ayurvedic Drugs and
Quality Control and Standardization of
Ayurvedic Drugs.
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