The Four Humours Health and Humour Everyone has

The Four Humours

Health and Humour • Everyone has all of the humors. • Imbalance of humours thought to be the direct cause of all diseases • Health associated with a balance of humours • Qualities of the humours influenced nature of disease – Yellow bile caused warm diseases and phlegm caused cold diseases. – If have an excess of cold humours, eat hot

Blood • Sanguine Temperament • Warm and Moist • Associated with – – Air – Spring – The Liver • Appearance – redcheeked and corpulent • You are courageous, hopeful, amorous.

Yellow Bile • Choleric Temperament • Warm and Dry • Associated with – – Fire – Summer – The Spleen • Appearance – red-haired and thin • You are bad-tempered and easily angered.

Black Bile • Melancholic Temperament • Cold and Dry • Associated with – – Earth – Autumn – The Gall Bladder • Appearance – sallow and thin • You are introspective, sentimental, and gluttonous.

Phlegm • Phlegmatic Temperament • Cold and Moist • Associated with – – Water – Winter – The Lungs • Appearance – corpulent • You are calm and unemotional.

The Ninja Turtles Leonardo— The courageous leader and devoted student of martial arts, Leonardo wears a blue mask. He is the oldest of the four and the most skilled fighter of the turtles. Raphael — The team's bad boy, Raphael wears a red mask. He has an aggressive nature and seldom hesitates to throw the first punch. He is an intense fighter. He would usually speak in a Brooklyn accent. His personality can be alternately fierce and sarcastic, and oftentimes delivers deadpan humor. Still, he is intensely loyal to his brothers and sensei. Michelangelo — Easy-going and free-spirited, Michelangelo wears an orange mask. Michelangelo provides much of the comic relief, most of the time. He is youngest of the four Turtles. While he loves to relax and eat pizza, this Turtle also has an adventurous and creative side. He's something of the "surfer" boy, speaking usually in a Southern California accent. Donatello — The knowledgeable scientist, inventor, engineer, and technological genius, Donatello wears a purple mask.

The Turtles and the 4 Humours

So what humour are you? • Homework for tonight (write this down) down – – Go to website: • http: //www. fisheaters. com/quiz 1. html – Complete the quiz to see which humour is dominant for you. – Print out your results (copy and paste into Word and just print first page). – Turn in Monday.