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- Human Health and Diseases
NEET · Zoology · Human Health and Diseases
What was the idea of health according to early Greeks and Indian...
What was the idea of health according to early Greeks and Indian Ayurveda system of medicine?
Options
- AHealth is a state of balance between body and mind
- BHealth is determined by the amount of "black bile" in the body
- CHealth is affected by neural and endocrine systems
- DHealth is only influenced by genetic disorders
Correct answer
B. Health is determined by the amount of "black bile" in the body
Step-by-step solution
Early Greeks and Indian Ayurveda system of medicine believed that a person's health was determined by the balance of certain "humors" in the body, and that persons with "black bile" belonged to hot personality and would have fevers. William Harvey disproved the "good humor" hypothesis of health by discovering the blood circulation and demonstrating normal body temperature in persons with black bile using a thermometer. In later years, biology stated that mind influences, through neural system and endocrine system, our immune system and that our immune system maintains our health. Hence, mind and mental state can affect our health