Natural and supernatural treatments of disease

What are examples of supernatural treatments?

Prayer, using astrology, and trepanning

Examples of natural treatments

Bloodletting, purging, herbal remedies

Who encouraged natural remedies?

Hippocrates and Galen

Examples of treatments based on the four humours

Based on the theory of opposites - bloodletting and vomiting were common treatments (but doctors were encouraged to observe the symptoms of their patients closely so that an appropriate treatment could be administered

How did bodily functions support the theory of opposites?

Nosebleeds, runny noses caused by an excess of phlegm and vomiting is natural, suggesting that there is an imbalance of the humours in the body as suggested by Hippocrates and supported by Galen