All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another.
HIPPOCRATESA physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.
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Medicine is of all the Arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form a judgment of them, it is at present behind all the arts.
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Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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The combination of these two things makes regimen, when proper attention is given to the season of the year, the changes of the wind, the age of the individual, and the situation of his home. If there is any deficiency in food or exercise, the body will fall sick.
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The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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Each of the substances of a man’s diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.
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When in sickness, look to the spine first.
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The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
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It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.
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Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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All disease begins in the gut.
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An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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Male and female have the power to fuse into one solid, both because both are nourished in both and because soul is the same thing in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.
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