The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
HIPPOCRATESThe forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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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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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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Those diseases which medicines do not cure, iron cures; those which iron cannot cure, fire cures; and those which fire cannot cure, are to be reckoned wholly incurable.
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Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.
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It is changes that are chiefly responsible for diseases, especially the greatest changes, the violent alterations both in the seasons and in other things. (:)…regimen and temperature, and one period of life to another.
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Look to the seasons when choosing your cures
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It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time.
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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
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Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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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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Life is short, the art long.
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