The Agad Tantra focuses on the study of poisons, their effects, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of acute, chronic, and cumulative toxicity. The term "poison" refers to toxins made by living things and toxic substances that are harmful to humans, such as poisonous plants, heavy metals and their compounds, snake, scorpion, spider, and bee venom, bacterial and non-bacterial food poisoning, and synthetic poisons like insecticide, herbicide, and rodenticide. Additionally, it covers industrial and occupational toxicity, as well as their clinical manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment, the acute and chronic toxicity of many drugs of abuse, as well as their withdrawal and management. The Department provides education and training to students at the undergraduate levels in the areas of forensic medicine, legal aspects of medical practise, and the classical Ayurvedic references of Visha (poison), including its detailed description, classifications, and examinations, diseases caused by it, and principles of management and preventive measures.
AIM
The Department strives to realise the objective of setting a standard as a top-notch supplier of medical law and jurisprudence instruction and advice.
To provide undergraduate students with a quality education that complies with current trends & highest standards.
To provide professional and ethical behavior in discharging the medico-legal duties and responsibilities in abidance to the law.
To apply the principles of Agada tantra and therapeutic administration of common Agada yoga and Visha dravya in clinical practice.
UTILITY
Agada Tantra is one amongst the eight clinical branches of Ayurveda which deals with identification, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of various Visha(poison) conditions. Students are also trained in Vyavahara Ayurveda ( Forensic medicine) and Vidhi vaidyaka( Medical Jurisprudence) in this department.
FACILITIES
For academic part, the Department has a large museum with well-organized teaching and learning procedures, including a lot of books in the department library, an updated computer system for every student, topic CDs, an LCD projector for subject studies, and an internet facility. Additionally, the Department is well-stocked with models, tools, charts, and samples of dangerous plants, metals, animals, plants, and acid-alkalis.
The department also arranges several field trips for students to visit casualty department of government allopathic hospitals, courts, forensic science laboratory, snake park and also doing arrangements for the observation of postmortem for their practical understanding.
FUTURE SCOPE
To create medical professionals who are knowledgeable about their legal and ethical obligations while practicing medicine.
Our toxicology curriculum fosters awareness and equips students to connect concepts to critical issues like environmental toxicology, heavy metal contamination and health hazards related to it.
Delivering clinical treatment to patients through daily OPD and specialty clinics, including those who are outpatients, inpatients, and community-based.
Health education and addiction disorder prevention through camps.
Database building, resource dissemination, and documentation
Offering cognitive behavioral treatments including music therapy, individual and group counseling, etc.
UNIQUE FEATURES
The students pursuing BAMS degrees get detailed knowledge about the study of laws and jurisprudence related to the practice of Agadtantra and Vyavahara Ayurveda.
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 and also paves way for researches in relevance to Agada tantra and its application in health care and social awareness.
