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Who created the idea of the four humours?

Hippocrates - A greek physician

Who suggested possible treatments for the four humours?

Galen - A greek physician

Theory of four humours

A person must have the four humours in their body - blood, phleghm, yellow bile & black bile balanced to be healthy. A person would become ill if one of the humours was out of balance.