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Greek Medicine: Welcome to Greek Medicine

WEBGreek Medicine is the traditional, indigenous holistic healing system of Western civilization. It was first codified and systematized by the Greek philosopher - physician Hippocrates in the 4th century B.C.E. and …

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Greek Medicine: Greek Medicine and Holistic Healing

WEBThe German cleric Father Sebastian Kneipp (1821 - 1897) developed a system of natural therapeutics that he called the Nature Cure. It combined diet, herbal medicine, fresh air, fasting and purification treatments, …

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Greek Medicine: THE FOUR HUMORS

WEBThe Four Humors are the metabolic agents of the Four Elements in the human body. The right balance and purity of them is essential to maintaining health. The Four Humors …

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Greek Medicine: HERBAL MEDICINE

WEBThe holistic healing philosophy of Greek Medicine states that Man is essentially a product of Nature, or the natural environment. Health is living in harmony with Nature, and disease …

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Greek Medicine: Hippocrates

WEBHippocrates was a great believer in dietary measures in the treatment of disease. He prescribed a very slender, light diet during the crisis stage of an acute illness, and a …

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Greek Medicine: Greco-Roman Medicine

WEBThe two brightest stars in the Roman medical firmament were Galen and Dioscorides, both of whom were Greeks. They were both pioneering innovators who made major …

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Greek Medicine: Medicine in the Modern Era

WEBMedicine and Modern Technology. After reaching a peak during the Renaissance, classical Greek ideas in medical theory and practice started to die out. It wasn't a sudden death, …

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Greek Medicine: THE PLANETS

WEBPsychologically, the planets represent certain essential functions of the mind and personality. Physiologically, the planets represent essential bodily functions, and have …

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INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL ASTROLOGY

WEBThe aim of Medical Astrology, like all the world's great traditional medical systems, is to harmonize the health of the individual with with the Universal Life Forces of Nature and …

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THE SIX HYGIENIC FACTORS

WEBThe Six Hygienic Factors. Greek Medicine has identified six basic areas or factors which, if kept in good order, build health and which, if allowed to fall into disorder, lead to illness …

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Greek Medicine: HUMORAL PATHOLOGY

WEBIn Greek Medicine, once disorders and pathologies start to affect the Four Humors, they pass from the realm of the exogenous and superficial into that of the endogenous and …

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Greek Mythology: Hygeia

WEBGreek Mythology: Hygeia. HYGEIA. Goddess of Sanitation and Hygiene. Hygeia, the goddess of health, sanitation and hygiene, was the stepdaughter of Asclepius. She was …

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Greek Medicine: FASTING AND PURIFICATION

WEBSpiritually, fasting helps us transcend our addiction and attachment to food, and to realize that man doesn't live by bread alone. The mind gets clearer, and spiritual awareness …

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Greek Medicine: THE WATER CURE

WEBThe Water Cure is the common term for a collection of therapies which, in one way or another, make skillful and ingeneous use of the healing virtues of Water: Hydrotherapy, …

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THE GRECO-ROMAN BATH

WEBFirst, you are given a towel, some soap, a key, and a cloth skirt, or wrap. You enter a private cubicle and undress, wrapping yourself in the wrap. Then, you enter the main …

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Greek Medicine: Nicholas Culpeper

WEBCulpeper was an herbalist who followed the classical medical precepts of Hippocrates and Galen. A medical populist, Culpeper's mission was to put medicine and natural healing …

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THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT OF THE SANGUINE HUMOR AND …

WEBThe dominant humor in those of a Sanguine Temperament is Blood, also known as the Sanguine humor . In Unani Medicine it is known as Dam. It is also warm and moist in …

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