Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Four Humours
- Body is made up of 4 elements.
- Balance is essential for healthiness.
- Blood, phlegm,
yellow bile, black
bile
- Mentioned in the Hippocratic
Books
- All 4 humours in perfect balance to be healthy.
- Connected with the seasons
- Blood - Spring
- Phlegm - Winter
- Yellow Bile -
Summer
- Black Bile -
Autumn
- Too much of one in a particular
season related to a specific disease.
- Example
- Colds
- Common in
winter
- Produce a
lot of phlegm