... treatment: It consists of using both food and medicinal plants to obtain a cure, choosing those with known opposite qualities to the causes of the illness diagnosed. Such a positive approach to nutrition is also found in the Hippocratic doctrine that there is no illness, only sick people and "food is (the sole) medicine and medicine is food". According to the intrinsic properties ... seasonal diets, routine, and conduct which can maintain, and gradually improve, physical health and mental level, ward of senile decay and promote longevity. Meticulous cleansing and ablutions are given a s...

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