All drugs are poisons the benefit depends on the dosage.
PARACELSUSIf we want to make a statement about a man’s nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.
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But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more than the remedy? And is not He who cures the soul, which is more than the body, greater?
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It should be forbidden and severely punished to remove cancer by cutting, burning, cautery, and other fiendish tortures. It is from nature that the disease comes, and from nature comes the cure, not from physicians.
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Nature is a light, and by looking at Nature in her own light we will understand her. Visible Nature may be seen in her visible light; invisible Nature may become visible if we acquire the power to perceive her invisible light.
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Every physician must be rich in knowledge, and not only of that which is written in books; his patients should be his book, they will never mislead him.
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What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
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Then God sends us such a messenger who appears to us in spirit, warns us, consoles us, teaches us, and brings us His good tidings.
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A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
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For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation.
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The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly: they are nothing but His angels, His ministering spirits , who usually appear to us when we are in a great predicament.
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Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
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A little bit of beer is divine medicine.
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The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
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The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.
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