DOCTRINE OF SIGNATURES.....

      It is unthinkable that any serious student of herbal medicine would be unaware of the existence of a diagnostic system called, "The Doctrine of Signatures". In the historical perspective, it is one of the most important modes of medical thinking to have evolved, and it was expounded in medical texts from the middle of the sixteen hundreds right up to the end of the nineteenth century.

     

      The Doctrine of Signatures is most notable in that it was not originally formulated for the medical profession.  It took shape as a spiritual philosophy that had as its base the simple concept that God had marked everything he had created with a sign.  This sign was a clear indicator of the item's true purpose as intended by God.