Choose two specific examples about how the idea of balance informed medical treatments or the understanding of what caused disease.

From the Egyptian and Greek idea of four humors to the Buddhist, Chinese, and Hindu idea of yin and yang, balance within the body has informed medicine for thousands of years.

Choose two specific examples about how the idea of balance informed medical treatments or the understanding of what caused disease.

(for example, an illness might be attributed to sinful behavior, which would change depending on what religion was practiced in a given region).

How did cultural treatments differ and how was “balance” the product of social expectations?