ILMUL ADVIA (PHARMACOLOGY)

 Ilmul Advia (Pharmacology) is one of the most important departments of the Unani System of Medicine. This department was established in 1938. This department imparts teaching, training, and research guidance to P.G. (M.D. in Ilmul Advia) and U.G. (B.U.M.S.) students.

BUMS second profession:   The department deals with various subjects like Basic principles of Unani Pharmacology, Description of Advia Mufradah (single Unani drugs), and Compound formulation and Unani Pharmacy for BUMS Second profession students. A variety of teaching and learning techniques are applied to impart knowledge and skills to Students. Advia Mufrada deals with teaching of morphology, identification, characteristic features, pharmacological actions & and uses, etc of Unani Drugs.

PG Department of Ilmul Advia (Pharmacology) was established in 1992 in Government Nizamia Tibbi College, Hyderabad.

PhD courses first time started in the Unani System of Medicine in Ilmul Advia GNTC HYD in 2013 with (3) Seats.

OBJECTIVE:

The main objective of establishing the department was to uplift the educational and research standards among the postgraduates as well as to pave the ground for the availability of better-qualified teachers, research scholars, and pharmaceuticals of Unani Medicine. The Scientific Research work on Unani Drugs and formulations is carried out regularly by P.G. students under the supervision of Pharmacologist, Pharmacognist, and Medicinal Chemist along with experts of Ilmul Advia.

Understanding and integrating the holistic and molecular approach of Unani drugs for the betterment of the system.

LABORATORIES:

The Department of Ilmul Advia has a Drug Museum, Pharmcognosy Lab & Pharmacology Lab & Drug Standardization Lab. The department has established a Herbal Garden. It consists of 100 species.

The Department also has an animal House facility which was established in 2007 with houses small laboratory animals like rats and mice. The animals are kept under standard Environmental conditions as per CPCSEA guidelines.  The Institutional Animal Ethical Committee (IAEC) was formed in July 2007 with Registration No. 1070/AC/CPCSEA with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Animal Welfare Division, New Delhi.

MISSION:

• Theoretical and practical understanding of the original character of natural drugs.
• Inculcate Research Aptitude according to Unani Paradigm supported by relevant elements of Current Biosciences.
• Sound knowledge of Unani classical text and conceptualization.
• In still the ability to learn and apply Ilmul Advia along with the relevant elements of Modern Science in Healthcare.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Since the establishment of the Department, it has shown a lot of progress both academically and in the Research field of major interest in the Special context of pharmacology pharmacognosy, standardization, and physicochemical studies of Unani drugs.  Since the establishment of the Department 187 scholars completed research work on different topics like Cardiovascular studies, Neurological studies, Dermatological studies, Antimicrobial studies, Nephrotoxicity, Hepatotoxicity, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-arthritic, Anti-diabetic, Anti-Parkinson, CNS, Anti-oxidant activities, Evaluation of Pharmacopeial Compound Formulation, SOPs, Standardization & Toxicological studies help to determine minimum/maximum/lethal dose and route of administration also.

The Peripheral Pharmacovigilance Centre was also established in April 2022 under the Central Sector Scheme in 2017 with the objectives of reporting ADRs, Misleading Advertisements, creating Awareness about Pharmacovigilance in ASU & H Drugs.

Faculty Members