Hippocrates

"As to diseases make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm. " - Hippocrates.

The great Greek physician Hippocrates claimed that the sun was health and soothing to the nerves of the back.

The relationship between dreams and disease is discussed by Hippocrates in a chapter of his famous work.

For thousands of years, beginning with philosophers like Hippocrates, Socrates and Plato, fasting was recommended for health reasons.

Were he alive today, Hippocrates might look back to his last meal to explain his cheerful (or sour) mood.

Men of Athens , there is not much time for exhortation , but to the brave a few words are as good as many - Hippocrates.

In its natural form as willow bark and leaves, this remarkable remedy dates back to Hippocrates.

In essence, Hippocrates and Maimonides were insisting that their students practice nutrient therapy.

Born probably on the island of Kos, Greece, Hippocrates traveled widely before settling on Kos to practice and teach medicine.

Western medicine goes back to Hippocrates, late 5th Century BC, and doctors still take the "Hippocratic oath" .

Willow Bark was prescribed for aches, pains, and fever in the fifth century BC by Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine.

The Greek doctor Hippocrates advised his patients to chew on the bark and leaves of the willow.

The physicians of the school of Hippocrates performed abortions .

c400 BC In Greece Hippocrates gives women willow leaf tea to relieve the pain of childbirth.

Hippocrates (460? -377? bc), greatest physician of antiquity, regarded as the father of medicine.

War is the only proper school of the surgeon - Hippocrates

Let food be thy medicine, thy medicine shall be thy food. - Hippocrates

Hippocrates theory of temperament types

Hippocrates is more closely followed in holistic healing programs like naturopathy;

The Time Period of Hippocrates, father of medicine, the Hippocratic oath, and the 4 "humors" (blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile)

Hippocrates faces the facts