May Newsletter, 2008

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.”

-Thomas Edison

“It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.”

-Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.)

“When health is absent Wisdom cannot reveal itself, Art cannot become manifest, Strength cannot be exerted, Wealth is useless and Reason is powerless.”

-Herophilies, 300 B.C.

“Health is the proper relationship between microcosm, which is man, and the macrocosm, which is the universe. Disease is a disruption of this relationship.”

-Dr. Yeshe Donden, physician to the Dalai Lama

“Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.”

-Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.)

“A man may esteem himself happy when that which is his food is also his medicine.”

-Henry David Thoreau

“Oils of cinnamon and eucalyptus are as powerful against some microorganisms as conventional antibiotics, and are especially effective against flus. Sandalwood oil from Mysore, India, is not only a classic perfume oil but is also a traditional remedy for sore throats and laryngitis. Lavender oil, so often used in toilet waters and scented sachets, has a dramatic healing action on burns.”

-Robert Tisserand, of London, England

“Because of their very strong local anti-inflammatory action, these oils [clove, cinnamon, and thyme] often reduce arthritis symptoms within moments of application.”

-Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt, Director of the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy