The most valuable part of the didactic collection of the Department of Pharmacognosy is the well-preserved part of the original collection of the Pharmacognostic Cabinet, founded by Professor Florian Sawiczewski in 1825-1857. It consists of more than a thousand glass vessels in three sizes, containing largely original raw materials of plant (including parts of algae, fungi, lichens, mosses and horsetails) and animal origin. In addition, some raw materials are presented in boxes or without packaging. Various products obtained from plants are also represented in the collection in large numbers, including resins, balsams, gums, starches, concentrated juices and tars. Many of the raw materials are available in more than one specimen, representing different origins of the source material, and several wax models of fruits have also been preserved. The pride of the collection is a set of commercial sorts of quinine bark (Cortex Chinae) true and false, displayed on 34 cardboard plates, purchased in 1849 from Dr Julius Martina of Hesse. 

Contemporary didactic resources of the Department of Pharmacognosy also include two demo collections of medicinal plant raw materials from the company E. Merck, Darmstadt, a collection of cardboard boards with depictions of medicinal plants, microscopic images and chemical formulae (all drawn by Department staff), collection of powdered plant samples, microscopic preparations and other raw materials of plant origin. 

The collection of the Pharmacognosy Cabinet also includes a library with subject literature from the 19th and early 20th century editions. This contains an ample collection of pharmacognosy textbooks (including J. Trapp, A. Wiggers, C.D. Schroff, J.B. Henkel, G. Planchon, A. Wigand, W. Marmé, J. Moeller, F.A. Flückiger, NJ. Guibourt, A. Tschirch), atlases and microscopy manuals, monographs on plant raw materials or various editions of European pharmacopoeias.