The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it

The human body contains blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. These are the things that make up its constitution and cause its pain and health. Health is primarily that state in which these constituent substances are in the correct proportion to each other, both in strength and quantity, and are well mixed.

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

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.

What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.

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.

The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.