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24 October, 13:37

Felix believes that psychological disorders are due to too much or too little of one of the four bodily fluids: blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm. He is adopting a view of psychological disorders. Felix would likely be in favor of which treatment options?

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  1. 24 October, 17:02
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    Answer: Psychological disorders that are based on the four bodily fluids; blood, black bile, yellow bile and phlegm supports the humoral theory.

    Felix will be in favor of the humoral therapy of disorders.

    Explanation: According to ancient belief, psychological illness and disorders are caused by imbalance in either of the four bodily fluids, that is when there is too much of it or deficiency of it.

    Management of the imbalance in this bodily fluids will be to induce vomitting in a case of excess, removal an amount of blood from the body with leeches, this blood is measured carefully and regulation of the temperature of the environment depending on the particular bodily fluid that is not balanced, this is achieved by increasing or decreasing cold, dryness, heat and moisture.

    According to humoral theory, blood comes from the heart, black bike comes from the spleen, yellow bile comes from the liver and phlegm comes from the brain.
  2. 24 October, 17:37
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    Answer: humoral therapy of disorders

    Explanation: According to the humoral theory, the body had four humours: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile, for proper well-being.

    Furthermore, It is believed that illness is caused as result of the four humours uneven balance in the body.

    Thus, treatment for patients is to advise them to rest to allow the body to restore its natural balance of these four humour.
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