Frequently Asked Questions

A clinical compendium on Ayurveda for practitioners and students: detailed references on medicines, diseases, lab investigations, procedures, and patent formulations; the classical texts; daily clinical pearls; a prescription generator; and private on-device patient records.

Practising Ayurvedic doctors, BAMS/MD students, and academics. It is a professional reference — not a self-medication app.

Much of it, yes: browsing all categories, universal search, the reference books (classical texts), daily clinical pearls, the studies feed, the prescription demo, and Patient Records. Full detail monographs require a subscription. New users get a trial.

The app interface is available in English, Hindi, Arabic, and Spanish. Prescriptions can be generated in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi/Devanagari, as well as English.

Bhishak is designed for professionals and students. It is not a substitute for consulting a doctor. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment because of something you have read on or accessed through this app.

Use the search bar on the home screen — it searches medicines, diseases, investigations, procedures, and patent medicines all at once.

Category lists and search are free; the full detail monographs are part of the premium subscription.

Open it and tap the bookmark icon. Your bookmarks live under Bookmarks (sign-in required so they stay with your account).

Yes — the database grows continuously on our servers. You get new content without updating the app.

Open Prescription Setup (you'll be prompted the first time you write a prescription). Enter your name, qualifications, registration number, and clinic details — you'll see a live preview as you type. You only do this once; every prescription then carries your letterhead.

The phone number (with the name) is how a visit is filed under the right patient in Patient Records, so a returning patient's history stacks under one record instead of creating duplicates.

Yes — Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi are supported. Type with any keyboard for your language; the generated PDF renders the script correctly, including the patient name and your letterhead.

When you enter a diagnosis, the app suggests matching medicines from the database — including featured formulations — so you can add them with a tap. You can always search the full database with autocomplete instead.

Yes — run the prescription demo from the home screen. It types out a full sample case by itself, explains each step, and ends on the sample patient's record. It's free and doesn't affect your quota.

Yes — open Patient Records, pick the patient, open the visit, and reprint or share the PDF from there.

Only on your phone. Records are encrypted on the device and are never uploaded to our servers. Nobody but you can see them — not even us.

No. Because records never leave the device, they exist only on the phone where you saved them. This is deliberate: it keeps your patients' data fully under your control.

Device-only data is removed with the app and cannot be recovered by us. Before changing phones, export/share any prescriptions you need to keep.

Records are matched by name + phone number. If either was entered differently (a spelling change or a different number), a new record is created. Check for a duplicate entry.

Yes — swipe to delete a visit in the patient's timeline, or delete the whole record from the patient page.

No — the demo creates one sample patient so you can explore the feature. You can delete it anytime.

You can browse as a guest. Signing in (Google or Apple) is needed for bookmarks, prescriptions (your letterhead is saved to your profile), and subscribing.

Open the subscription screen from the menu (or any "subscribe" prompt) and pay securely. Access is activated as soon as the payment is verified — usually a few seconds.

Verification normally completes within seconds ("Verifying payment…"). If access doesn't appear: check your internet connection, then close and reopen the app. If it persists, contact support with your payment reference — a failed verification is automatically refunded by the payment provider's standard timeline.

From the profile/account screen. Account deletion removes your server-side data; your on-device patient records remain on your phone until you delete them or the app.

Update to the latest app version — Indic prescription rendering shipped in 5.1.1. If it persists on the latest version, contact support with the script and a sample.

Screens showing patient data and licensed book content are screenshot-protected by design.

Tap the "take a tour" notice on the home screen.

Check the app's notification permission in system settings, and that notifications are enabled inside the app's settings.