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Introduction, Development,
present status significance
& future scope
Dr Taj Khan
Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Oriental College of Pharmacy,
Sanpada, New Mumbai.
Welcome
Pharmacognosy is the study of medicinal use of various naturally
occurring drugs its history, sources, distributions, method of
cultivation, active constituents, medicinal uses, identification test,
preservation methods, substituents and adulterants.
In India the study of the drugs was started about 5000 years ago at the time of the Vedas.
Ayrurveda
Hippocrates (460 - 370 B.C.) deals with anatomy and physiology in many of his treatises.
Aristotle (384 -322 B.C.), the great philosopher wrote much about the animal kingdom and his
writings were placed on scientific footing free from all superstitions.
Theophrastus (370-287 B.C.) wrote about plants and described
medicinal uses of plants.
Pen Ts’ao Kang Moa 1000 B.C. (published only at 1597) contained an incredible number of
medicinal plants and drugs of animal origin. The Chinese thought that for every disease,
there must be a drug is only provided by the nature.
Development of Pharmacognosy
developments like:
• Plant taxonomy
• Plant breeding
• Plant pathology
• Plant genetics
origin which are not only economical but even safer too.
• Liquorice
• Valerian
• Artimisia
• Veratrum
Phytochemistry.
Scope of Pharmacognosy
Ayurveda,
Unani,
Siddha,
Homeopathy,
Chinese medicine
Aromatherapy.
Ayurvedic system of medicine
The word ‘veda’ means knowledge. It evolved from 4 Vedas namely:
Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda.
It deals with the diseases, injuries, fertility, sanity and health.
History of Ayurveda
Texts of Charaka and Sushruta
Charaka (1st century A.D.) wrote Charaka Samhita (samhita-
meaning collection of verses written in Sanskrit).
Sushruta (4th century A.D.) Sushruta Samhita.
2000 plants that were used in healing diseases and abating symptoms
were identified in these books.
Ayurvedic Dosage Forms
Treatment
Siddha Vaidya keeps the knowledge of thousands of herbs
and their effectiveness in specific composition and
formulation.
Kashayam (extracts); churnam (powders); tailams (medicated
oils); bhasmam (calx prepared by calcination); ghritam
(medicated ghee);