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According ancient Indian medicine, Vagbhata, Atreya and Susruta are considered as the three medical authorities.
Vagbhata composed two medical treatises Ashtanga Sangraha and Ashtanga Hrudaya Samhita. Both these works describe him as the son of Simhagupta and he was bom in the country of Sindhu. He was the disciple of a Buddhist teacher named Avalokita.
Vagbhata’s medical treatise Ashtanga Hrudaya Samhita contains six sections of 120 chapters. The six sections are the practice of Medicine, human anatomy, the causes and pathology of various conditions, purging and vomiting, taking care of children and diseases of children.