I leave you with the best phrases of Hippocrates, considered by many as the "father of medicine" for his contributions in this field with diagnoses of different ailments, as well as his philosophical approach to the relationship between diet-exercise-health.
Hippocrates (Cos, c. 460 BC-Thessaly c. 370 BC), was part of a third generation of doctors after his grandfather and father. Among the contributions to medicine of the time, his ethical approach stands out, being so relevant that, today, recently graduated medical professionals continue to perform the well-known 'Hippocratic oath'
Source: Wikimedia Commons - Peter Paul Rubens, 1638. Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.-Let food be your medicine, and let medicine be your food.
-Divina is the task of alleviating the pain.
-The opposites are the cures for the opposites.
-In the midst of all abundance there are deficiencies.
-What is used, develops. That which is not used is wasted.
-Doing nothing is also a good remedy.
-Old people have fewer diseases than young people, but their diseases never leave them.
-Just as food is the cause of chronic disease, it can also be the most powerful cure.
-The way to health is to have a fragrant bath and aromatic massage every day.
-Nature itself is the best doctor.
-Prayer is certainly good, but when going to the gods, man must lend a hand.
-He who wishes to be a surgeon must go to war.
-Heals sometimes, tries often and always comforts.
-From several remedies, the doctor must choose the least spectacular.
-Both sleep, as well as the lack of it, with lack of moderation are bad.
-The best medicine is to teach people how not to need it.
-The wise man must realize that health is his most valuable possession.
-All excesses are opposed to nature.
-The wisdom-loving physician is equal to a god.
-Healing is a matter of time, but sometimes it is also a matter of opportunity.
-Ingenuous is that doctor who rejects the knowledge acquired by the elderly.
-Leave the drugs in the chemical container if you can heal the patient with food.
-If you are not your own doctor, then you are a fool.
-Life is short, and art is slow to learn.
-What remains in post-crisis diseases is apt to cause relapses.
-Sometimes, you offer your services without anything in return.
-The eunuchs do not get gout, nor do they turn bald.
-The patient must fight the disease together with the doctor.
-Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
-Sport is a preservative of health.
-The function of protecting and developing health must be above that of restoring it when it is affected.
-A doctor without knowledge of astrology has no right to call himself a doctor.
-The doctor treats, but nature heals.
-He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor, but a fool.
-When the dream puts an end to delirium, it is a good sign.
-The natural forces within us are actually the true healers of disease.
-The sacred things are only revealed to those men who are holy.
-In acute diseases, it is not safe to make the prognosis, either of death or recovery.
-Walking is man's best medicine.
-Anyone who wishes to study medicine must master the art of massage.
-All disease begins in the belly.
-My opinion is that the brain exercises the greatest power over man.
-What the medicines do not cure, the puncture does; and what the puncture does not heal, the fire will.
-It also monitors the failures of patients, which frequently make them lie about taking the prescribed things.
-The human soul develops until the moment of death.
-In a state of hunger one should not work.
-Silence is not only never anxious, but it also does not bring pain or sadness.
-There are, in fact, two things, science and opinion; the first begets knowledge, the second ignorance.
-Food and exercise, although they have opposite qualities, work together to produce health.
-The forms of diseases are many, and the ways to cure them are varied.
-If you're in a bad mood, take a walk. And if you're still in a bad mood, take another hike.
-Rest as soon as pain occurs.
- Doctors there are many of title, but few of vocation.
-Before curing someone, ask them if they are willing to give up those things that are making them sick.
-He who is able to foresee what will happen in the future from the present will be the one who best administers the cure.
-Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also love for humanity.
-It is much more important to know which person has the disease than which disease the person has.
-Who would have predicted, based on the structure of the brain, that wine could interfere with its functions?
-In any disease sleep is laborious, it is a deadly symptom; but if the dream is good, it is not fatal.
-Wine is an appropriate article for humanity, both for the healthy body and for the sick man.
-With regard to illnesses, make a habit of two things, helping, or if not, at least not harming.
-If there is a deficiency either in diet or in exercise, the body will develop the disease.
-Life is short, art is long, opportunities are fleeting, experiments are dangerous, and judgment is difficult.
-Conclusions of a merely verbal nature cannot bear fruit, only those based on proven facts.
-I will use the treatment to help the sick according to my abilities and my judgment, but never to harm or do evil.
-Medicine is the noblest of the arts, but the ignorance of those who practice it is always present, as well as those who inconsiderately form a judgment of these.
-All parts of the body with a function, used in moderation and in tasks to which they are accustomed, become healthy, well developed and age slower.
-He who wishes to investigate medicine must then proceed, first of all, to consider the seasons of the year and what effect each one produces.
-We must turn to nature itself, to make observations on the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
-The doctor must not only be prepared to do what is right only on his own account, but also make the patient, assistants and those outside cooperate.
-Obese people who want to lose weight should exercise on an empty stomach, or sit until they completely exhale their food.
-The men must know that from the brain, and only from this, arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jokes, as well as our sorrows, pains, afflictions and tears.
-Just eating is not enough for health. Exercise is also required, the effects of which are surely already known.
-Some patients, although they are aware that their disease is dangerous, regain their health simply through their satisfaction with the kindness of their doctor.
-All excesses are harmful to nature. It is safer to proceed slowly, especially when switching from one regimen to another.
-One can learn good lessons from something that has been tried but has not been successful, when the reason why it was not successful is clear.
-The wise man must be aware that health is one of the greatest human blessings, as well as learning to take advantage of their diseases.
-I argue that a clear understanding of the natural sciences must be acquired, in the first instance, through the domain of medicine.
-The dignity of a doctor requires that he look healthy; since common people consider that those who do not have good physique, cannot take care of themselves.
-Each of the substances in man's diet act on his body and change it in some way, and on these changes the entire life of man depends.
-The main virtue that language can have is clarity, and nothing deviates more from it than the use of unfamiliar words.
-I will follow the regimen that, under my capabilities and knowledge, considers beneficial for my patients, and I will refrain from doing anything that is harmful or evil.
-When prayers, amulets and incantations work, it is only due to the manifestation of the beliefs of the patients.
-When one desires good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to get rid of the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.
-I will not administer poison to anyone when requested, nor will I suggest such a course of action. Just as I will not give any woman a woman a pessary to induce abortion.
-There are certainly two different things: knowing and believing that one knows. Knowing is science; to believe that one knows is ignorance.
-The doctor must have at his disposal a certain ingenuity, since discomfort is repulsive both for the healthy and for the sick.
-The natural healing force that lies within us is the greatest force that helps us feel better.
-People who have a painful condition in any part of the body and are largely sensitive to pain, have a disorder of the intellect.
-If we could provide each individual with the correct amount of nutrition and exercise, neither too little nor too much, we will have found the safest path to health.
-The illnesses that are not cured with the medicines, the iron cures them; those that iron does not heal, fire heals; and those that cannot be cured by fire are incurable.
-The disease is not an entity, but a fluctuating condition of the patient's body. A battle between the essence of illness and the body's natural tendency to heal itself.
-It is better not to apply treatment in cases of hidden cancer; since if they are treated by surgery, patients die soon; but if left untreated, they last a long time.
-The man and the woman have the power to unite in one, since both are nourished in the other and also because the soul is the same in all living beings, although each body is different.
-People who generally suffer from a seizure, spend the night that follows the paroxysm uncomfortably, but the following night generally becomes more comfortable.
-The diseases do not arise out of nowhere. They develop from small offenses against nature. When enough offenses accumulate, diseases appear suddenly.
-When everything is done according to the indications, even if things do not turn out properly to these, we should not change to others while the original appearance remains.
-The doctor must be able to discern the antecedents, know the present and predict the future. You must mediate these things with two goals in mind, to do good or not harm.
-He who wishes to acquire knowledge in medicine must possess the following: natural disposition, teaching, favorable place of study, attitude of service and free time.
-Health requires the primary constitution of man and the powers of various foods, but those natural to these and those resulting from human abilities.
-If the incision in the temple is made on the left, the spasm will take hold on the right side of the body, while if the incision is made on the right, it will appear on the left side.
-The human body contains blood, phlegm, and yellow and black bile. These things constitute him and originate his health and pain. Health is that state where they are in the correct proportion.
-Every intelligent man must think that his health is the most valuable thing, and must have the necessary notion to help himself in illness and understand what the doctor tells him and administers.
-People think that epilepsy is divine just because we don't know what causes it. But I believe that one day we will know and they will stop believing that it is divine. So it will also be with the entire universe.
-It is necessary to know the nature of the thorn. When one or more vertebrae slip out of place, they are likely to cause serious complications, and even death if not adjusted.
-The most acute, strongest and most deadly diseases, and those that are more difficult to understand by experienced ones, are left at the mercy of intelligence to combat them.