Opportunities for allied health science subjects in Ayurveda research and development
Journal Title: Journal of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicine - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
The science behind Ayurveda has been researched by scholars from Ayurvedic and allied science fraternity. Ayurvedic science is offered as bachelor, master and doctoral degrees from Ayurveda medical colleges and universities. There are courses for allied science subjects such as Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Molecular biology, Microbiology, Phytochemistry, Pharmacognosy, Botany, Agriculture etc. at all levels of study under every university falling under UGC. Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences – CCRAS is engaged in research on pre-clinical/clinical aspects of therapies and drugs prescribed in classics. The medical research fraternity are engaged in preclinical and clinical research on Ayurvedic drugs. Experienced Ayurveda practitioners are usually engaged in clinical research while pharmacology (MD, MVSc, MSc Medical, MPharm, MSc Medicinal Plants/Biotechnology/Zoology) qualified personnel will be conducting pre-clinical/experimental research. In either of researches an experienced Statistician (MSc Statistics/Biostatistics/Mathematics) will be responsible to draw statistically significant conclusions. Drug research fraternity of Ayurveda is constituted by scholars from basic science such as Agriculture, Botany, Pharmacognosy, Chemistry/Phytochemistry, Biotechnology, Pharmacology etc. Identification of plants of medicinal importance based on ethnobotanical surveys, documentation of their diagnostic identification characteristics based on macromicroscopical and chemical fingerprints, isolation and characterisation of active molecules and verification of toxic and therapeutic effects are the kind of activities undertaken by allied science researchers. Young researchers will cultivate interest in Ayurveda and other Indian systems of medicine when they are taught with the principles behind Ayurveda therapeutics. Ayurveda must be introduced as a module in undergraduate and post graduate allied science course curriculum so that every graduate from related biological or chemical science will have basic idea to develop research protocols on Ayurveda. Courses like MSc in Medicinal Plants and MPharm in Ayurveda (with specialisation in aforesaid allied sciences) offered by Gujarat Ayurveda University Jamnagar are specially designed to fill the gap between Ayurveda and allied science.[1] The courses are getting recognition as CCRAS and other AYUSH system’s councils have included these qualifications as an eligibility to recruit research personnel to various allied science scientific positions in Ayurveda. [2] The initiative will definitely shower opportunity for scholars who are interested to prove the science behind Ayurveda by collaborating with Ayurveda doctors. A recent work reported in Scientific Reports (Nature Publications Group Journal) about correlation of genome and prikrithi is one such collaborative effort of doctors and allied science researchers.[3] May the existing courses and new proposals to begin specialised Ayurveda allied science courses get recognition, funding and work opportunities in the ministry of AYUSH and other institutions so that Ayurveda will come to limelight in global scenario of traditional medicines.
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Dr. KN Sunil Kumar
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