[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918) › c20.s2 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c20.s2: (b) The Doctrine of Humors Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c20.s2 - **Language:** English ### (b) The Doctrine of Humors ### [c20.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c20.s2.1) The physiology of humors, whatever its worth, is older in India than in Greece. At any rate, the Hindu and the Greek humoral pathologies are independent systems. Hippocrates counted four humors, viz., blood, bile, water, and phlegm; but Charaka propounded three, viz., air, bile, and phlegm. ## Cites (1) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c20.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c20.s2) · Pramāṇa