Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
HIPPOCRATESWe must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
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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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The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
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Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition; instructionl a favorable place for the study; early tuition, love of labor; leisure.
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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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Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness.
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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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The physician treats, but nature heals.
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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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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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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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Leave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food.
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For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
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There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.
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There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.
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The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
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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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Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. …
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Many admire, few know.
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The art has three factors, the disease, the patient, the physician. The physician is the servant of the art. The patient must cooperate with the physician in combatting the disease.
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Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.
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Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
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Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.
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Look to the seasons when choosing your cures
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
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