Bhava Misra was the greatest Ayurvedic physician and scholar of his time. His great work, “Bhava Prakash”, was a highly acclaimed work on Ayurveda and dealt on a variety of subjects.

Bhava Prakash was written in clear and simple language and helped popularize Ayurveda among the common people. The book provided a great insight in to various topics including the origin of Indian medicine, anatomy, pathology, various diseases afflicting children, therapeutic medicines, rejuvenative medicines and elixirs to prolong life among other things.