MD AYURVEDA - DRAVYAGUNA ADMISSION

Dravyaguna deals with study of  medicinal herbs& drugs, their origin, nature, properties & effects upon human beings.It finds its parallel in the modern science of pharmacology. It’s a complete science of herbal plants.

It’s including pharmacognosy, pharmacology and therapeutic uses of the plants. Ayurvedic drugs, especially herbs are prescribed in different pharmaceutical forms, to get maximum therapeutic effect.

The word dravyaguna consist of 2 words:

1) Dravya = material of thing which can be living or not living.

2) Guna = properties

According to Charaka there is nothing on the earth which is not medicine. That’s why Ayurveda considers all substances as medicine, if used for specific purposes in an appropriate way.

Dravya guna vignan also allows the practitioner to choose herbs or herbal combinations that effectively balances the vitiations of doshas, while preventing further imbalances or side effects. Here lies the key to relative absence of side-effects for Ayurvedic medicines. The medicines are used to treat both the disease and the patient. When taken the disease separately, the treatment of a specific imbalance can lead to the imbalance of other parts.

Therefore drayaguna vignan is the most important knowledge an Ayurvedic practitioner must gain before he attempt treating.Doctor of  Medicine in Dravyaguna Vigyan  (Ayurvedic Pharmacology) is a Non- Clinical Course. It provides the principles of Ayurvedic pharmacognosy and pharmacology with a special focus on identification of controversial drugs, adulterants and substitutes used in Ayurvedic practice. Dravyaguna deals knowledge of nomenclature (namajnana), pharmacognosy (rupajnana), pharmacology (gunajnana) and pharmacotherapeutics (yuktijnana). 

The course prepares student to be  a research scholar, an efficient teacher, an Ayurvedic physician and a surgeon to contribute his/ her services to the medical and health sciences.

Duration : Three years from the date of commencement of classes.

Colleges Offering:

1.  A.L.N Rao Memorial Ayurvedic Medical College, Chikmagalur
2. K.V.G.Ayurvedic Medical College, Sullia
3. Muniyal Institute Of Ayurveda Medical Sciences, Manipal
4. Alvas Ayurvedic Medical College, Moodabidiri
5. Sri Shivayogishwara Rural Ayurveda Medical College, Belgaum
6. Karnataka Liberal Education Society,Shri Karnataka B.M. Kankanwadi,Ayurved Mahavidyalaya Shahapur ,Belgaum
7. Shri Jagadguru Gavisiddeshwara Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital, Koppal
8. Shri DGM Ayurvedic Medical College Hospital & PG Research Centre
9. KVG Ayurveda Medical College & Hospital, Sulliya
10. Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Ayurvedic Medical College,Udupi
11. Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Ayurvedic Medical College,Hassan
12. KLEUs Sri B.M.K.Ayurveda College
13. D. G. Melmalagi Ayurveda Medical College
14. Government Ayurvedic Medical College,Mysore
15. Ashwini Ayurvedic Medical College, Tumkur 
     Ramakrishna Ayurvedic Medical College & Research Center  
16. J.S.S.Ayurvedic Medical College, Mysore

Admission Procedure

The candidate should clear an entrance test for getting admission to post graduate degree in ayurveda. The selection pattern will be based on the index mark score of the candidate for the entrance test along with the final degree written examination marks of the candidate. The total index mark is out of 100 in which 80 marks is for the entrance examination and 20 marks for the qualifying examination. The questions are of objective type from Ayurvedacharya regulated by CCIM. The general category students need a score of 50% to get admission while 40% is enough for reserved category. The candidates are given a chance to change their specialization till the second month after the candidate has got admission in the institute with the permission of the guide in that specific department.

Job and Career options

It is accepted worldwide and is preferred by many as it does not have any side effects. The medicines are a combination of organic matter and are proved very effective for many diseases which were considered as incurable. The candidates can choose medical field or can enter into research. There are opportunities available in the teaching profession also. Doctors who are trained in yoga can use both which is of great demand in the present days.

Employment Areas

• Health Centers
• Herbal Product Manufactures
• Hospitals
• Educational Institutes
• Medical Tourism
• Hotels
• Private Practice

Job Types

• Teacher
• Researcher
• Production Manager
• Nutrition Expert
• Medical Officer
• Manager
• Kaya Chikitaka (Physician)
• Expert
• Consultants
• Ayurvedic Supervisors

Remuneration after Masters

Doctors are paid with a basic salary of around Rs. 20000 in the public sector and the pay is further high in the private sector. Those with experience will get placed in reputed institutes which will increase their earning. Those who are self employed will get an income based on the effort they put into their work. The candidates working in tourism field, star hotels etc will get a pay based on the field in which they are employed.