Sign in or register
for additional privileges

Medieval Medicine: Astrological and Humoral Medicine

Zodiacs, planets, and humors

Annie B. Holleran, Author
Humoral Medicine, page 4 of 5
Previous page on path     Next page on path

 

You appear to be using an older verion of Internet Explorer. For the best experience please upgrade your IE version or switch to a another web browser.

 Thanks for your patience during our recent outage at scalar.usc.edu. While Scalar content is loading normally now, saving is still slow, and Scalar's 'additional metadata' features have been disabled, which may interfere with features like timelines and maps that depend on metadata. This also means that saving a page or media item will remove its additional metadata. If this occurs, you can use the 'All versions' link at the bottom of the page to restore the earlier version. We are continuing to troubleshoot, and will provide further updates as needed. Note that this only affects Scalar projects at scalar.usc.edu, and not those hosted elsewhere.

Black Bile



Black bile, also called the melancholic humor, is related to the element earth. It is also associated with winter, and the qualities of cold and dry. The spleen and the planet Saturn rule over this humor.

"Signs of Melancholy abounding: fearfulness
without a cause, fearful and foolish imaginations, the skin rough and swarthy,
leanness, want of sleep, frightful dreams, sourness in the throat, the pulse
very weak, solitariness, thin clear urine, often sighing, etc." (From Nicholas Culpeper's The Complete Herbal and English Physician, Enlarged).


Comment on this page
  • Local Discussion
    •
  • Popout
    •
 

Discussion of "Black Bile"

Add your voice to this discussion.

Checking your signed in status ...

Previous page on path Humoral Medicine, page 4 of 5 Next page on path