Agada Tantra, is one of the eight clinical branches (Ashtanga) of Ayurveda. This branch of clinical toxicity was considered as the stalwart of Ayurveda which popularized this science across several civilizations around the world. Many great explorers glorified the snake bite management existed in India and this paved way for the popularization of Ayurveda in several countries with Ayurvedic scriptures being translated to several languages and many scholars came to India to study this science. The subject encompasses the detailed study for several toxicological conditions ranging from animate, inanimate and other disease entities with an inherent toxic pathology that enables to apply the principles of Agada Tantra in several diseases of contemporary significance.
Objectives –
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- To bring law and medicine together for preparing medical students for their medical, legal and social duties in medical profession.
- To give sufficient knowledge to handle the cases of poisoning.
- To create a “first contact physician” who is aware of medical ethics, duties and various acts governing medical practice.
- To produce a doctor who is well informed about medico-legal responsibilities during the practice of medicine.
- To provide the services of judicial medical officer, forensic pathology and clinical forensic medicine.
- To make the Ayurved graduates capable of making observation and inferring conclusion by logical deductions to set inquiries on the right track in criminal manners and associated medico-legal problems.
- To create interest in research related to toxicology and various medico legal problems.
The department also organizes visits Snake Park, Forensic Science Laboratories, State Pollution Control Board, Court visits, Industries, Folklore Practitioners, Surveys, Food Adulteration Testing Centers and many more. These visits help the students update and understand Agada Tantra’s relevance to modern health and lifestyle. With this knowledge, the students are encouraged to practice Agada Tantra with concepts of Garavisha Dooshivisha. They can create awareness of increasing trends of chemical biomagnification in the food chain and ecosystem.
