The companion book
BALANCED
The Four Temperament Medicine
The film, in depth. Written to be read slowly and kept close.
Coming soonWhy a book
A film moves you. A book stays with you.
Everything the film could not hold: the full history, the sources, the people, and the ideas behind each scene.
Inside
- IOriginsWhere the idea of balance began.
- IIThe systemHumours, temperaments, food and season.
- IIIThe fallWhy medicine left it behind.
- IVTodayWhat science says, and what remains.
- +SourcesThe texts and research behind every chapter.
Made with the film
The book follows the four acts of the documentary. Watch, then read deeper, or read first and see it come alive on screen.
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