BANGALORE: With traditional medicines gaining popularity, the Rajiv Gandhi University for Health Sciences (RGUHS) is going the herbal way.

The university has tied up with the Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT) here to create a database on medicinal plants for the use of BAMS (Ayurveda) students.

The data will be in the form of a compact disc and will have information on 300 medicinal plants from different regions of India, mentioned in the books on Ayurveda.

"The database will help in the conduct of research in the field of Ayurvedic medicine," the RGUHS Vice-Chancellor, R. Chandrashekhara, told The Hindu .

The Compact disc will be ready shortly.

The health university has under its umbrella 242 under-graduate and 68 post-graduate colleges, and six institutions of Karnataka, offering super-speciality courses in medical, dental, nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy, Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani and paramedical disciplines.

RGUHS, with the expertise of FRLHT is developing a compilation of information on folk health practices and Indian systems of medicine for orientation of medical students of all health sciences.

"This will be apart from the existing curricula and will be targeted at students of medical disciplines with a view to familiarising them with traditional medical systems so that they can understand and treat their patients better," Y.J. Visweswara Reddy, Registrar (Evaluation) at RGUHS said.

The data will be circulated to all the affiliated colleges of RGUHS, so that students can make use of it, Dr. Visweswara Reddy added.

To understand the traditional practices in healing in India better, the health university in association with the foundation has also taken up a project to conduct research on "traditional practices and medicine used for malaria, diarrhoea and bone setting."

According to Dr. Chandrashekhara, the university plans to develop a consortium of herbal gardens across the State for the benefit of students of Ayurveda.

"Students of Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery do not get enough practical knowledge owing to the lack of herbal gardens for their use. We want to develop the consortium in four different parts of the State for students in various parts of Karnataka," Dr. Chandrashekhara added.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Karnataka

News: Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Engagements |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Updates: Breaking News |