Dravyaguna Vijnana: Practical Training for Dravyaguna Students (Volume 4)

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1. This book deals with the practical knowledge on identification of medicinal plants both macroscopically as well as microscopically. In other wards it is the practical manual for the students of Dravyaguna.

2. Emphasis is laid on the necessity of basic knowledge on anatomy in botany. Basic tissues of plants and their characteristics are described in a brief but, effective manner. Several illustrations are provided to avoid lengthy descriptions. This will make this work student friendly.

3. Methods of staining and preparation of slides for microscopic study of various plants is provided with suitable examples as per CCIM syllabus. This will be handy for the teachers of Dravyaguna while imparting practical training to students.

4. This work also deals with the herbarium preparation and arboretum collections. Both dry sample and wet sample collection of the DG museum is elaborated.

5. Do's and dont's for DG lab along with the necessary tips to the students is special attraction for the students.

6. Pharmacognostic Identification of some important medicinal plants (16 plants) as described in the CCIM syllabus was also included. This will enable the students of Ayurveda to learn about the easier methods of identification of herbs through microscopic studies.

7. It may be concluded that this is first English work on Dravyaguna which is complete and which is in accordance with the CCIM syllabus.

Dr. J.L.N. Sastry hails from a traditional Ayurvedic family. He is born at Narasapuram (W.G. Dist., Andhra Pradesh) on 06-07-1965).

He had School studies at Kakinada (E.G Dist., A.P.) and passed B.A.M.S. in 1989 from Dr. N.R.S. Govt. Ayu. College, Vijayawada (A.P.) in first class. He completed M.D. (Ay.) in Dravya Guna Speciality from Dr. B.R.K.R. Govt. Ayur. College, Hyderabad in 1998 October.

He stood first in A.P.P.S.C. selection (January 1990) and worked as Med. Officer (Ayu.) for Govt. of A.P. in the Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy Dept., (1992-99). Between 1998-99 he acted as Research Projects Coordinator at the Govt. Research Dept. of Ayurveda, Hyderabad. He stood first at the UPSC (1998) and joined as Medical Officer (Ay.) in CGHS, Chennai in June 1999.

The author is the recipient of two gold medals from Nagarjuna Univ. (A.P.) for the merit shown during B.A.M.S. (1988),

The author presented several clinical and scientific papers at Regional, National and International seminars.

He had more than 15 publications in standard journals and also published several articles in newspapers.

Author also had given Radio-talks and given guest lectures at various prestigious institutes (both Ayurvedic & Modern Medicine).

He published a book 40 Years of research in Ayurveda in A.P. (on behalf of grda, Hyderabad).

I am privileged to write the foreword for Dravyaguna Vijnana Vol. IV written by Dr. Sastry. The author in his endeavor to complete the series of Dravyaguna vijnana is bringing out another volume for the utility of students of Ayurveda. He had collected sufficient information regarding the laboratory methods for Dravyaguna practical as per the CCIM syllabus and this work will be handy even for the teachers.

After completion of earlier three volumes of Dravyaguna vijnāna covering both fundamental as well as applied aspects (in accordance to the CCIM syllabus/curriculum), author decided to contribute towards practical knowledge about drug identification. Often ayurvedic students find themselves cought in a situation where identity of a herb needs to be established on the spot. If they are trained in simple botanical identity (macroscopic and microscopic), many herbs may be identified without using complex chemical procedures. In the present volume "essential knowledge on practical studies for medicinal plant identification" is emphasized using suitable examples. Therefore this fourth volume is entitled as 'practical training for Dravyaguna students'.