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“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal the patient with food.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”— Thomas A. Edison🌿“No illness which can be treated by diet should be treated by any other means.”— Maimonides (commonly attributed)🌿“When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use; when diet is correct, medicine is of no need.”— Ayurvedic proverb🌿“Medicine and food share a common origin.”— Traditional Chinese medicine saying🌿“Food is medicine is not only an idea whose time has come; it is absolutely essential.”— Dr Dariush Mozaffarian🌿“Nature is the true healer. The physician is only nature's assistant.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“All that man needs for health and healing has been provided in nature; the challenge of science is to find it.”— Attributed to Paracelsus🌿“Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.”— Leonardo da Vinci🌿“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”— Attributed to Voltaire🌿“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”— Benjamin Franklin🌿“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise — not too little and not too much — we would have found the safest way to health.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“Eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise.”— Hippocrates, On Regimen🌿“Health is created and lived by people within the settings of their everyday life.”— WHO Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion🌿“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”— Sir William Osler🌿“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being — not merely the absence of disease.”— WHO Constitution🌿“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.”— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin🌿“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”— Michael Pollan🌿“Do not eat anything your great-grandmother would not recognise as food.”— Michael Pollan🌿“Diet-related diseases produce crushing health and economic burdens.”— Dr Dariush Mozaffarian🌿“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.”— Sir William Osler🌿“Good food is a right, not a privilege.”— Alice Waters🌿“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal the patient with food.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”— Thomas A. Edison🌿“No illness which can be treated by diet should be treated by any other means.”— Maimonides (commonly attributed)🌿“When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use; when diet is correct, medicine is of no need.”— Ayurvedic proverb🌿“Medicine and food share a common origin.”— Traditional Chinese medicine saying🌿“Food is medicine is not only an idea whose time has come; it is absolutely essential.”— Dr Dariush Mozaffarian🌿“Nature is the true healer. The physician is only nature's assistant.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“All that man needs for health and healing has been provided in nature; the challenge of science is to find it.”— Attributed to Paracelsus🌿“Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.”— Leonardo da Vinci🌿“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”— Attributed to Voltaire🌿“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”— Benjamin Franklin🌿“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise — not too little and not too much — we would have found the safest way to health.”— Attributed to Hippocrates🌿“Eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise.”— Hippocrates, On Regimen🌿“Health is created and lived by people within the settings of their everyday life.”— WHO Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion🌿“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”— Sir William Osler🌿“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being — not merely the absence of disease.”— WHO Constitution🌿“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.”— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin🌿“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”— Michael Pollan🌿“Do not eat anything your great-grandmother would not recognise as food.”— Michael Pollan🌿“Diet-related diseases produce crushing health and economic burdens.”— Dr Dariush Mozaffarian🌿“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.”— Sir William Osler🌿“Good food is a right, not a privilege.”— Alice Waters🌿
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Root cause B6 · METRON T — Toxin clearance

💧 Impaired Detoxification

Liver, kidney, lymph and skin are overloaded — the body's clearance systems fall behind the daily load.

How it works

The body clears thousands of compounds every day through the liver's two-phase chemistry, the kidneys, the bowel, the lymph and the skin. Alcohol, sugar, medicines, pollution and low intake of the nutrients these pathways run on leave the systems congested.

Signs you might recognise

  • Sluggish digestion and coated tongue
  • Skin breakouts and dullness
  • Sensitivity to smells, alcohol or medicines
  • Puffiness and fluid retention
  • Fatty liver or raised liver enzymes

Tests your doctor can use

Farmicine never diagnoses. These are the markers a clinician typically looks at for this pattern; bring them to your consultation.

Liver enzymes (ALT, AST, GGT)Kidney function (creatinine, eGFR)Uric acidFerritin and copper if advised

Three phases of the plan

  1. Calm — reduce alcohol, sugar, ultra-processed food and unnecessary exposures
  2. Rebuild — cruciferous vegetables, milk thistle, NAC and glutathione precursors, adequate protein and water
  3. Resolve — daily drainage habits: hydration, fibre, sweat and movement

Foods that address the pattern

  • Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and radish
  • Garlic, onion and turmeric
  • Beetroot and leafy greens
  • Amla and lemon
  • Adequate water and 25–35 g fibre daily

Maintenance after 90 days: Daily drainage habits and a cruciferous-rich diet.

Health topics that sit on this pattern

NAFLDCirrhosisHemochromatosis (iron)Gilbert's syndrome

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Connected patterns

⚖️Metabolic DysfunctionB3🌸Hormonal ImbalanceB5⚡Oxidative StressB2

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Reading your body

🫘 Liver and Kidney Function Tests Explained (LFT & KFT)

Your liver and kidneys are the body's two great clearing houses, and the LFT and KFT panels describe how they are coping. This guide explains ALT, AST, GGT, bilirubin, albumin, creatinine, eGFR and urea in plain words, describes the fatty liver pattern now common in slim Indian adults, and lists the food and habit steps that support both organs.

Root causes & philosophy

⚙️ METRON: Six Pillars of Cellular Health, Explained

METRON is Farmicine's six-letter map of what a healthy cell needs: Mitochondrial fitness, Energy and metabolic flexibility, Toxin clearance, Resolution of inflammation, Optimised nutrient sensing and a Nourished microbiome. This guide explains each pillar with Indian food and habit examples and shows how the six progress rings on your dashboard map onto them.

Solutions

✨ Skin from Within: Indian Foods for Clear Skin

Skin is fed last, so it shows what is missing first. This guide links the gut to the skin, walks through zinc, vitamin C, omega-3, water and the amla tradition, looks honestly at sugar and dairy, and explains how the Skin Health Solution Package is measured at Day 0, 45 and 90, with clear signs that a dermatologist is needed.

When to see a doctor. Farmicine is wellness education, not medical advice. If a symptom is new, severe, persistent, or you take prescription medicine, are pregnant or care for a child, speak with a doctor first.