Humoral theory

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:medicine
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs humorism
gptkbp:associatedWith temperament theory
gptkbp:basisFor diagnosis and treatment in ancient medicine
gptkbp:believedImbalanceCauses gptkb:disease
gptkbp:declinedAfter rise of modern medicine
gptkbp:describes balance of bodily fluids
gptkbp:developedBy Galen
gptkbp:formedBy Hippocrates
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Humoral theory
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Ayurveda
gptkb:Unani_medicine
Islamic medicine
medieval medicine
Renaissance medicine
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Empedocles'_four_elements_theory
gptkbp:mainHumors blood
black bile
phlegm
yellow bile
gptkbp:originatedIn Ancient Greece
gptkbp:relatedTo four temperaments
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:germ_theory
gptkbp:studiedIn history of medicine
gptkbp:treatment herbal remedies
bloodletting
purging
diet regulation
gptkbp:usedUntil 19th century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Unani_Medicine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7