The deparment of Ilmul Advia (Pharmacology) deals with the study of Unani drugs at Undergraduate and Post graduate levels. It also performs teaching of Unani Pharmacy in D.Pharm and B.Pharm, plus couirses of Faculty of Pharmacy. Instructions are imparted regarding place of occurrence, morphology, characteristics features, pharmacological actions, medicinal uses and compounding of Unani drugs in the light of principles of Unani Medicine . Research programmes are designed so as to develop better and cheaper drugs keeping in view the needs of general masses of the country and in consonance with the National Health Priority Programmes. The academic activities are performed with the help of advanced technology in teaching and research with a multidisciplinary approach to develop interest and confidence among the students towards the Unani system of Medicine. The dept. consists of the competent teaching and supporting staff. Besides the services of outside experts of Unani Medicine and other allied fields are also availed from time to time by arranging guest lectures, seminars and discussions on topics of prime importance.

          The department was upgraded to P.G. level in 1994. The first batch completed their work in 1998. Since then thirteen students have been awarded M.D. in Ilmul Advia. Most of the research work carried out in the dept. has been presented at National and International conferences in India and abroad. The work on Hepatoprotective, Antidiabetic, Anti ulcer, Antiasthmatic, Antileucorrhoeal and Neuropharmacological studies of Unani drugs have been published in reputed Journals. New formulations have also been developed. The main areas of research in the dept. of Ilmul Advia are Experimental Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology, Standardization and Quality control of Unani Drugs and Formulation Development.

           The department of Ilmul Advia proposes to start certain new courses viz.: Diploma and degree courses in Unani Pharmacy; re-orientation course for in-service Pharmacists (courses to be started with the help of Dept. of ISM, Govt. of India.) and P.G. Dip. in Quality Control of Unani Drugs and an orientation programme in Unani / Herbal Medicine for the sponsored professionals qualified in other systems of medicine who may be willing to be acquainted with the Unani system of medicine.

          Majeedia Hospital provides facilities to the students of the Faculty for the purpose of training the students in out-patient as well as indoor-patient care. It is a recognised 150 bed teaching Hospital in the Modern and the Unani System of treatment.

          Several herbal drugs particularly "Ajmaloon" for hypertension, "Jigrin" for liver disorders and "Lipotab" for hypercholestraemia, all formulated by Janab Hakim Abdul Hameed Sahib, have been clinically tested at Majeedia Hospital of the University and in other medical colleges and allied hospitals.

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