Date: 11/04/2025
Organized by: Department of Gunapadam, Faculty of Siddha Medicine
A successful seminar on “Awareness of Medicinal Herbal Plants and Their Uses” was conducted on 11th April 2025 for the students and teachers of K/Muthukumaraswamy Maha Vidyalayam. The event witnessed enthusiastic participation from 21 boys, 26 girls from grade 8,9 &10. and 5 teachers.
The program was organized by the Department of Gunapadam, Faculty of Siddha Medicine, in alignment with the recommendation of the 5th Faculty Board Meeting held on 9th of April 2025, which formed an integral part of the academic curriculum under Mooligaiyeyal – II. It was conducted during the academic field hours of 2nd BSMS students guided by academic staff and temporary demonstrators of department of Gunapadam.
The seminar commenced at 9:00 AM and concluded at 12:30 PM. The first session took place in the herbal garden within the faculty premises, where participants were introduced to a variety of 500 species of medicinal herbal plants and the net house which contain 200 species of hill station plants and the sales centre, focusing on plant identification, medicinal properties, and traditional home remedies.
Following this, the session continued with a PowerPoint presentation, during which the 39th batch Siddha medical students—Mr. Akeel, Miss Pearl, and Miss Lukshika— with the support of the whole batch, delivered informative talks on the health benefits of tropical fruits, cereals, and spinaches, highlighting their role in improving the quality of life through simple and effective home remedies.
Herbal porridge was distributed to the school students and teachers.
The seminar concluded with the distribution of medicinal herbal nursery plants to all student and teacher participants. The seminar was guided by Dr.(Mrs.) N.Nithiyakumar, Dr.(Mrs.)V. Sathiyaseelan, Mr. A. Sanjayan, Mr, J. Eugin Benat and Miss. A. Mayorri.
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