History
Paracelsus and the First Revolt Against the Four Humors
In 1527 Paracelsus reportedly burned Avicenna at Basel and lectured in German. He traded the four humors for salt, sulphur and mercury, and asked about cause rather than balance.
Journal
Herbs
Every entry in the journal tagged herbs.
The tradition
Herbs and the Four Humors: When Plants Had a Temperature
In the medieval pharmacy every plant was hot, cold, wet, or dry, and prescribed to push a body back toward balance. Here is how that worked, herbals and screaming mandrake and all.
History
Hildegard of Bingen and the Four Humors
One of the few women whose scientific voice survives from the twelfth century, Hildegard of Bingen wrote about the four humors and bound them to her own greening vision of body, soul, and world.