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Elements and Performance Criteria
Performance Evidence
The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be evidence that the candidate has:
performed the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 400 hours of Ayurvedic client consultation work,created at least 40 different client prescriptions. Clients must include males and females from different stages of life with varied presentationsselected medicines based on Ayurvedic principles, determining appropriate medicines based on the diagnosis, including:information about the condition including phase or stageprevalent season and sandhiagni, prapaka, vipaka, malastriguna/state of mindavailable vikruti/medical dataahara, vihar, aushadhikaya chikitsabhaishajya kala available medical dataparticular client issues or preferencescontraindicationsplanned strategies to balance rajasic and tamasic gunnas, to reduce ama generation, to eliminate the excessive build up of doshas, to open all srotamsi, to maintain optimum agni, to restore balance and ojas and to sustain health at all the four levelsinteracted effectively with clients:provided clear explanations about treatment rationale, expectations and affecting factorsprovided clear instructions about administration of medicineexplained and agreed treatment monitoring and evaluation
Knowledge Evidence
The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:
legal and ethical considerations (national and state/territory) for Ayurvedic medicines:codes of conductduty of careinformed consentmandatory reportingpractitioner/client boundaries privacy, confidentiality and disclosurerecords managementTherapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) requirementswork role boundariesworking within scope of practicepresenting symptoms that require referral to a medical practitionerwork health and safetydravyaguna, including:gunas, rasapanchaka and uses of: minimum of 100 dravya current scheduled or restricted Ayurvedic herbsculinary herbsgroups of herbs used in Ayurveda, their contraindications, identification and distinguishing features, interrelationships and incompatibilitiesAyurvedic herbs with respect to their use for general symptoms, energetic, psychological and physiological indicationsactive principles of the medicines used for each dosha/condition/systemmethods of administration for medicinesubtans, lepas, base, essential and herb oils, resins, extracts, clays, balms, washes, lubricants, pastes, decoctionscontraindications to treatments ways to address excessive ama/doshasprinciples of chikitsa to achieve the following: shad upkarmavyadhiharamprakrutisthapanamprakrutivighatakanidanparivarjana (ch. vi)dhatushamya chikitsa (ch. su)vishudha chikitsa (ch. ni)svabhava chikitsa (ch. su)pharmacodynamics of pharmaceutical and medicines and the theory of drug action, factors modifying drug effect and dosage, drug toxicity and toxicologypharmacokinetics of Ayurvedic medicines – drug administration, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion possible obstacles to cure and responses to treatmentsSupplementary measures in the management of the condition/system:dietary considerationsexerciselifestylestressinteraction of treatments with foods, other herbs, nutritional supplements and drugs principles of formulation (including dosage and duration of treatment) for:avalehachitrakharitakidrakshavelhaerand pakharidrai khandaharitakyadi rasayanakutjavelhamusali paksaubhagya shounthi pakshilajatu rasayanasupari paktriphala rasayanaghritam - a minimum of 5 kashayam - a minimum of 5 choorana - a minimum of 10 guggulu – a minimum of 7vati - a minimum of 5lauh mandoor – a minimum of 2asava and arishta – a minimum of 10bhasmas - a minimum of 5arka - a minimm of 2shad bindu taila- a minimum of 5swarsakalkakwathahimaphantaubtan, dravakaghritalavana ksharalepamandoorapishtisattvatailavarti