MD Dravyaguna at Dr DY Patil University, Navi Mumbai Offline Course

Doctor of Medicine Ayurved in Dravya Guna is a three-year full-time postgraduate program in Ayurveda offered by the School of Ayurdeva at Dr DY Patil University, Navi Mumbai. This program is approved by the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) India. 

The Dravyaguna department mainly deals with the Dravya (medicine), Guna (properties) and its Karma (activity). It comprises of maetria medica, pharmacognosy, pharmacology, and Ayurvedic clinical therapeutics. The curriculum is designed in such a way that, it includes Ayurvedic as well as contemporary knowledge of medicine.

A Dravyaguna expert can get jobs in several fields like government and private sector, academic (Ayurveda pharmaceutical colleges and companies), research-oriented jobs as a Research officer in CCRAS, AYUSH department, pharmaceutical industries (Ayurveda as well as an herbal unit), clinical research units. Dravyaguna subject covers a detailed study of medicinal plants, like identification, adulteration, substitution, agro-technical aspects. It enables the physician to practice efficiently as compared to the practitioners of other specialties.