DEPARTMENT OF AGAD TANTRA

Introduction:

Agad Tantra deals with study of the poisons, its action, clinical manifestation diagnosis of acute, chronic and cumulative toxicity and treatment. Poison refers to the toxins produced by toxic materials and living organism which are dangerous to human beings e.g. poisonous plants, heavy metal and its compound, the venom of snake, scorpion, spiders, bees etc., bacterial and non-bacterial food poisoning, artificial poison like insecticide, herbicide and rodenticide etc. It includes also occupational and industrial toxicity, its clinical manifestation, diagnosis and management. It includes also acute, chronic toxicity of various addicted drugs, its withdrawal and its management. The Department imparts education and training to students in Ayurvedic classical references of Visha (poison), its detailed description, its classifications and examinations, diseases caused by it, principles of managements and preventive measures of the poisons, and legal aspect of medical practice, medical aspects of Law and forensic medicine.

Objectives

  1. Our objective is not only to provide academic, research and community services but also to exceed our client’s expectations i.e. our authorities, students, patients and law enforcement agencies.
  2. The Department endeavors to achieve the goal of becoming a benchmark as a quality Medico-legal and Medical Jurisprudence education and opinion provider.
  3. To impart quality education to the Undergraduate students meeting the highest of standards in vogue.
  4. To bring law and medicine together for preparing medical students for their medical, legal and social duties in medical profession.
  5. To give sufficient knowledge to handle the cases of poisoning.
  6. To train undergraduates of Ayurvedic medicine and professionals in fields related to forensic medicine.
  7. Under-Graduate Level: During the year, theoretical as well as practical teaching, training and guidance in the subject of AgadTantra, VyavaharAyurved and VidhiVaidyak were provided to students of BAMS.

Future plans of De-addiction Unit

Department of Agad tantra, planning of establishing the centre for treatment of drugs and substance abuse disorders. This unit will be full range of specialists & treatment facilities including O.P.D and I.P.D facilities with expansion plan for the future. Clinical care will provided through outpatient, inpatient settings. It deals with the treatment of disorders related to use of all illicit substances i.e. Alcohol, Opioids, Cannabis, Tobacco etc., internet gaming disorders along with and behavioral psychological disorders. Treatment modalities includes Shodhan(Purification methods), Shaman (pharmacological i.e. with medications) and non-pharmacological (i.e. psychological / social, Cognitive behavioral therapies) treatments. The unit carries out the relevant hematological, biochemical laboratory tests to monitor health damage along with different assessment scales of drug dependence.

Also to create a “first contact physician” who is aware of medical ethics, duties and various acts governing medical practice. Plan to produce a doctor who is well informed about medico-legal responsibilities during the practice of medicine. Also provide the services of judicial medical officer, forensic pathology and clinical forensic medicine. Make Ayurvedic 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