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DravyagunaVigyan deals with the principles, qualities, action and therapeutic profiles of the drugs and food substances in Ayurveda. It is an important branch of Ayurveda, as herbal drug is the main tool of Ayurvedic treatment. Along with theoretical lectures, applied knowledge is given to students through live demonstration of medicinal plants in the herbal garden and museum of raw samples of drugs. This department also includes modern pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutics of plants and other materials related to medicine. More than 300 genuine raw material specimens are preserved and classified in different manners in the museum. It contains Himalayan plants and rare species like Astavarga (Kaloki, Jivak etc.) and other rare plants – Pashanbheda, Shati, daruharidra, Chirayata etc. specimens collected from different regions of the country. More than 500 Herbarium sheets are also preserved.We have 265 species and more than 1500 medicinal plants in our herbal garden. the students are motivated to take benefit of departmental herbal garden to identify the species and to understand the morphological characterization of medicinal plants. We also provided Free consultancy regarding Cultivation, Plantation of medicinal plants for interested people is offered by the department.
