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.
It’s more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.
Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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.
The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it.
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.
All disease starts in the gut.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.
The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.
Nature itself is the best physician.
The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.
The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.
Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.