Your foods shall be your ‘remedies,’ and your ‘remedies’ shall be your foods.
HIPPOCRATESIf we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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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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Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions?
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.
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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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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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All diseases begin in the gut.
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Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.
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Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
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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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