Hippocrates was a Greek physician, born in about 460 BC. He is credited as the first physician to use the scientific method to treat patients and with creating many medical school programs. Hippocrates also introduced the concept of health care being based on prevention, not just curing illnesses. Hippocrates died in his sleep at age 80 while tending to his patients at his clinic in Athens, Greece. Let’s see some of his best quotes on health.
Famous Health Quotes by Hippocrates
If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.
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The physician treats, but nature heals.
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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
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It is far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
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All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.
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Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure.
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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Walking is man’s best medicine.
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Sport is a preserver of health.
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Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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If you are in a bad mood go for a walk.If you are still in a bad mood go for another walk.
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As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm.
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If 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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The natural healing force within each of us is the greatest force in getting well.
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The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.
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Each of the substances of a man’s diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.
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Leave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food.
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Before you heal someone, ask him if he’s willing to give up the things that make him sick.
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A wise man should consider that health is the greatest
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of human blessings, and learn how by his own
thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a mater of opportunity.
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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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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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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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All disease begins in the gut.
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Cure sometimes, treat often and comfort always.
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If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.
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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. The combination of these two things makes regimen, when proper attention is given to the season of the year, the changes of the wind, the age of the individual, and the situation of his home. If there is any deficiency in food or exercise, the body will fall sick.
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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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It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine.
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