So not abstaining would certainly lead to health conditions and the reverse. By recognizing the Mizaj (temperament) of food stuff and drinks as well as our own temperament we can fully succeed in ...

The liver is the body’s ‘kitchen’. The food will be processed partially in the stomach, sent to the liver and fully digested there and constitute the four aforesaid humors. Therefore, the healthier ...

Bile must have been the most important thing in medicine for the physicians of ancient Greece and Rome. Yellow bile and black bile are half of the four humors that they believed made up the body, ...

In ancient medicine, body fluids, or humors, were associated with personality types. For example, “black bile” favored a melancholic (placid) temperament, and “yellow bile,” a choleric (fiery) ...

This week, on Halloween, I gave my second-year history students the entire history of psychiatry in 50 minutes. Well, it was actually 55 minutes—I went over, I admit. Starting in about 5000BC and ...

Here’s how understanding the four humours can transform your health, bringing balance to your life with the ancient principles of Unani medicine. In a conversation with Dr Safina Anees, a respected ...

This week, on Halloween, I gave my second-year history students the entire history of psychiatry in 50 minutes. Well, it was actually 55 minutes—I went over, I admit. Starting in about 5000BC and ...