Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.
HIPPOCRATESThings that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.
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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
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Positive health requires a knowledge of man’s primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known.
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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
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All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another.
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The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things–to help, or at least to do no harm.
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Look to the seasons when choosing your cures
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Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.
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The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
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