Data
Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025
Course director
Das Sourav
assistant lecturer,
Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy
Number of hours/semester
Lectures: 28 hours
Practices: 0 hours
Seminars: 0 hours
Total of: 28 hours
Subject data
- Code of subject: OPF-AYU-T
- 2 Credit
- Pharmacy
- Optional module
- autumn
OPG-C3G_23-T parallel
Course headcount limitations
min. 5 people – max. 30 people
Topic
This course offers undergraduate students an introduction to Ayurveda, a traditional form of medicine from the Indian subcontinent. It includes the fundamentals of Ayurveda, diagnosis and treatment techniques, and the preparation and quality control of Ayurvedic medicines. Students will explore how Ayurveda can complement modern medicine. The aim is to combine ancient knowledge with contemporary scientific practices.
Lectures
- 1.
Historical background
- Das Sourav - 2.
Historical background
- Das Sourav - 3.
Philosophical foundations
- Das Sourav - 4.
Philosophical foundations
- Das Sourav - 5.
Ayurvedic basic principles of diagnosis
- Das Sourav - 6.
Ayurvedic basic principles of diagnosis
- Das Sourav - 7.
Concept of health and disease in Ayurveda
- Das Sourav - 8.
Concept of health and disease in Ayurveda
- Das Sourav - 9.
Ayurvedic treatment modalities
- Das Sourav - 10.
Ayurvedic treatment modalities
- Das Sourav - 11.
Ayurvedic herbal pharmacology
- Das Sourav - 12.
Ayurvedic herbal pharmacology
- Das Sourav - 13.
Case studies I / written exam I
- Das Sourav - 14.
Case studies I / written exam I
- Das Sourav - 15.
Insight to Ayurvedic formulations
- Das Sourav - 16.
Insight to Ayurvedic formulations
- Das Sourav - 17.
Quality control and standardization of Ayurvedic formulations
- Das Sourav - 18.
Quality control and standardization of Ayurvedic formulations
- Das Sourav - 19.
Regulatory framework on Ayurveda
- Das Sourav - 20.
Regulatory framework on Ayurveda
- Das Sourav - 21.
Ongoing clinical studies and research
- Das Sourav - 22.
Ongoing clinical studies and research
- Das Sourav - 23.
Integration of Ayurveda with modern medicine
- Das Sourav - 24.
Integration of Ayurveda with modern medicine
- Das Sourav - 25.
Ethical and cultural considerations on Ayurveda
- Das Sourav - 26.
Ethical and cultural considerations on Ayurveda
- Das Sourav - 27.
Case studies II / written exam II
- Das Sourav - 28.
Case studies II / written exam II
- Das Sourav
Practices
Seminars
Reading material
Obligatory literature
Literature developed by the Department
Class notes and materials issued during the semester.
Notes
Class notes and materials issued during the semester.
Recommended literature
Conditions for acceptance of the semester
A maximum of 25 % absence is allowed.
Mid-term exams
Students have to write an end-of-semester assessment from the lecture at an acceptable level of 60%.
Making up for missed classes
In case absences exceed 25% of total class time, the course will be regarded as uncompleted. There is no opportunity to make up missed classes.
Exam topics/questions
Students have to write an end-of-semester assessment from the lecture at an acceptable level of 60%.
Examiners
- Das Sourav
Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars
- Das Sourav