Bhavamishra was an Indian physician in the 16th century. He is one of the most revered writers inAyurveda for his workBhavaprakasha.[1]
TheBhavaprakasha addresses the origin of medicine, cosmology, anatomy, embryology, dietetics, pharmacology, pathology and therapy, as well as the manufacture of aphrodisiacs and elixirs.
TheBhavaprakasha mentions thesyphilis introduced at that time by Portuguese traders, which it refers to asFiranga Roga, or "the disease of the white men". The work also includes a remedy for syphilis. It mentionslathyrism, and its etiology also.[2]
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