1- Introduction- Meaning and scope of pharmacognosy, Brief history of its development as field of study including different system of classification in pharmacognosy relationship to allied fields of study pharmacopoeias.

2- Sources of Homeopathic drugs-
(I) Vegetable kingdom. (II) Mineral kingdom, (iii) Animal Kingdom, (IV). Nos odes, (V). Sari: odes and (VI). imponderabilia, (VII). Collection of drug.

3- Identification, purification and preservation of drug substance.

4- Preparation of Mother tinctures.

5- Test for purity and authenticity of source material. Aqueous solutions, alcoholic solution, Trituration of liquid substances and trituration of fresh vegetable and animal substances.

6- Hahnemanan method of preparation on of drugs. Merits and demerits of Hahnemanan and classical methods of preparing drugs Methods of preparing drugs explained in different pharmacopoeias. Modern New method of preparation of mother tinctures in three steps namely
(I) Estimation of Moisture contents, (II) Maceration and (III) Percolation.

7- Potentiating Trituration and succession.

8- Preparation of various bases and medicinal substances.

Practical

Identification and preparation of following drugs.

1- A conite, 2- Alumina, 3- AntimoniumTartaricum, 4- Apis, 5- Aregentumm nitricum,6- Arnica, 7- Arsenicum,8- Aurum metalllcum, 9- Baptisia,10- Belladonna, 11- Berber-is vulgaris, 12- Bryonia. alb, 13- Buforana 14- Cact., 15- Calcarea carbonica, 16- Calendula, 17- Cantharis, 18- Causticum, 19- Chamomilla, 20- Chelidonium Maj, 21- China, 22- Cina, 23- Cocculus, 24- Coccus cacti,25- Coffea. 26- Colchicum 27- Colocynthis, 28-Conium. 29-Crotalus horridus, 30- Crotontig, 31- Digitalis 32- Diascorea 33- Posera. 34- Dulcomara. 35- Eup. Perf.36- Euphrasia 37- Gelsemium 38- Hamamells 39- Helleborus niger 40- Hepersulph 41- Hyoscyamus, 42- Hydrastis. 43- Hypericum, 44- Ignatia, 45- Ipecae,47- Lachesis, 48- Lobelia, 49- Lycopodium, 50- Mercurius solubills, 51- Merc.Cor, 52- Millefoium, 53- Murex, 54- Naja, 55- Natrum MurlatIcUm, 56- Nitricum acidum. 57- Nux:moschate, 58- Nux vomica, 59- Opium, 60- Passiflora, 61- Phytolacca, 62- Podophyilum, 63- Pulsatilia, 64- Rhus toxiendron, 65- Sangunaria, 66- Sulphur, 67- Thuja.