BAMS
BAMS full form is Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery. BAMS is an undergraduate degree programme that is designed to make students familiar with the concepts of Ayurveda and use it for the treatment of patients. BAMS incorporates Ayurveda with the concepts of modern medicines and students are taught a combination of both as part of the course curriculum.
Ayurveda is one of the oldest systems of medicine and traces its roots to Vedic times. It is based on the curative properties of herbs and its medicines are known for the natural elements that they contain.
Considered as an alternative method of treatment, the Ayurveda medicine system not only cures and prevents an ailment but also reduces the frequency with which diseases enter a human body. It utilises the self-healing system of the body.
Currently, this alternative method of healing is being accepted by people worldwide. Even the World Health Organisation has provided a worldwide forum for promoting traditional medicine systems such as Ayurveda. Therefore, Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) as a course has opened up many promising opportunities for students.
BHMS
BHMS (Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery) is an undergraduate degree programme in medical field. This degree covers the medical knowledge of the homeopathic system. After completing this degree you are eligible to become a doctor in the homeopathic medical field. The degree holder is eligible to have the prefix as a doctor, the abbreviation is Dr.
Homeopathy is the system of alternative medicines. The patients are taken care by enhancing the natural healing power of the human body. The concept of homeopathy is that the body rejuvenates itself because of its self-healing power. We just need to help it by enhancing the natural healing power.
BUMS
The medical students who wish to make their career in medical industry can pursue BUMS (Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery). B.U.M.S. is an undergraduate medical degree in the field of Unani medicine and surgery. If think about BUMS history, the word Unani is a Greek work for the term Unani (Perso-Arabic).
It was the preaching of Greek Physicians Hippocrates and Galen. BUMS medicine degree is well known for its four classical humours of Hippocrates – phlegm (balgham), blood (dam), yellow bile (safra) and black bile (sauda). Unani medicine was introduced in India by Arabs and the Persians in 11th century.