What are the Four Humors? Part 1 of 3

[resistance5555]

thc

may these virtues b dedicated to Themis Ani mal

[YourGamingTeam]

amI stupid? I didn't understand anything please help...

[AestheticsAvenue]

Thanks for sharing! I love learning about the various ways that other cultures/countries/etc view the body and its functions.

[panfluteman2000]

You're Welcome, Downfacingdog! Please excuse me again for ignoring the obvious simple play on words, and trying to take things beyond what the simple situation warranted. My own outspokenness and forwardness with my own personal opinions often stirs up quite a bit of trouble and antagonism. Many yoga practitioners like yourself are partial to Ayurveda, and I can respect that. I was simply trying to present another perspective on medicine and healing in my videos.

[Downfacingdog]

Thanks Dave!!!

[surrealpillow]

amazing work!! ancient/medieval medicine is so much more naturalistic, quite a contrast to modern day pharmaceutical companies and corporatised medicine. would love to see a video on astrological medicine

[panfluteman2000]

Dear Eameece: Thanks for your fair and balanced comment. Modern medicine and traditional medicine need not be contradictory or mutually exclusive. Rigid dogmatism is not the way, and a broader perspective will recognize much that is of value in the traditional holistic approach to medicine. I show the common ground in my videos. Sincerely, David Osborn

[eameece]

A holistic approach is returning to medicine, and esoteric and mystical ideas are basic to that approach. That does not mean modern science has to be discarded. Humorism was accepted practice until about 60 years ago, so it's not that far-fetched to consider it. I don't know myself yet if it's valid medicine, but Osborn seems to relate it to modern concepts as well as to Oriental medicine.

[panfluteman2000]

There's a lot to study. As I say in Part 3, humoral concepts also apply to Chinese medicine, which has a lot of verifiable scientific data to back it up. It's not just limited to India. In India Unani treatments are bringing results for healing chronic diseases that modern medicine is ill suited for, which is verified by clinical research. That's why the Indian government supports it and funds it. What you consider to be "real" is in fact just blind, arbitrary prejudice.

[makdisi]

I totaly agree Mr. David, one should not jump quick to condemn what they dont know, Unani medicine is was developed through hundred of years and it deserves some respect.

At least it doesnt have the side effects such as the conventional medicine.

Regards and please keep going.

Mohammad-Palestine

[panfluteman2000]

Dear Mr. Kessingler: I agree with you that certain traditional medical practices like bloodletting have been much abused. I would like to refer you to an association of legally licensed doctors and researchers in India who support the Greek - Unani humoral system of medicine. It is CCRUM - Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine. Google them up. Please, don't be so quick to condemn what you haven't studied! David Osborn

[kessingler]

What is there to study?, the field lacks discipline and scientifical basis and is based on assumptions made before physicians understood basic anatomy concepts such as the circulatory system. Not to mention that much of the theory is based on a number of unrelated esoterica (such as its obsession with the number 4, for example).

India, aparently is one of the few, if not the only place in which is "legal", in the rest of the world no real medical asociation has acknoledge it.

[kessingler]

This is extremely irresponsible, humourism was responsible for many deaths due to misunderstanding of basic anatomy and mixing real sympthoms with mysticism.

Insane medical practices like bloodletting, led to more damage than good, killing off even famous people like George Washington (modern bloodletting, or phlebotomy only helps for a handful of diseases).

Humorism is not a practice acknoledged by any type of medical asociation, it is anecdotical at best.

[alchemistra]

Thanks, I enjoyed this very much!