"Health" and "healing' are related to the word "whole,"

 Lucifer is described as the origin of evil and sickness, which can be seen in the principle of atheism —the isolation and separation from God, the dissolution of the bond with life. "Health" and "healing' are related to the word "whole," which is the restoration of "one-ness" with God -the "at-one-ment' which brings health; and this is possible only with God's help. God is the whole life (vita integra): ( vita Integra is Italian term for whole life , aka  tutta la vita)

All things burn through me... everything's lives in my being and there is no death in it, since I am life itself. I am also the understanding...through which all creation is made. I breathe life into all things, so that nothing is mortal in its true nature. (PL 743 D) 

Hildegard sees the cosmos as a world wheel, as a symbol for the infinite love which God shows humanity. The giant wheel is kept in motion by the power of the wind. In the center stands humanity with the four elements. Thus humankind is exposed to cosmic and atmospheric influences. 

God created the world out of its elements to the glory of the divine name. God strengthened it with the wind, connected it to the stars and enlightened it by them, and filled it with all manner of creatures. God then surrounded and fulfilled humankind in the world with all things and gave them a tremendous power, so that all creation would support them in all things. The whole nature should serve them, so that they can live with it, because humankind cannot live or survive without nature.  (PL755 B) 

In their original condition, people were placed by God in an upright position in the center of the cosmos, and they were won-derfully conceived and made. 

Humans stand at the center of the cosmos, since they are of greater meaning than all other creatures which remain dependent on the world. Although they are small in stature, they are great in the power of their souls. Their heads are directed upwards and their feet stand on solid ground. Thus they are able to put the loftiest as well as the lowest things in motion. (PL761 B) 

The original world was in order. Humanity lived a kingly life with the support of all creation and without being oppressed by vices, sickness, or death. 

O humankind, just look carefully at this [original] human! Heaven and earth and all created things were united in this original form and everything hidden within. (CC2, 17 ff) 

The world and all creation were made up of the four world-elements, the cosmic building blocks, which fill the world and all its creatures. 

God also created the elements of the world. They are in humankind, who lives with them. They are called fire, air, water, and earth. These four basic elements are so closely connected and bound together that none can be separated from the others. Thus they hold so closely together that one can call them the basic building blocks of the cosmos. (CC2,37 ff) 

The four world-elements have been well known in the field of medicine for many centuries. They are mentioned by physicians from Hippocrates to Paracelsus, and in even older sources. For Hildegard, the elements are the key to understanding the whole art of healing. The number four is not only significant in the construction of the cosmos, but also in the make-up and function of human beings, for example in the theory of the four humors, the four blood types, and the four temperaments and their characteristic variations in man and woman. 

As has already been shown a number of times, just as the four elements hold the world together, they also form the structure for the human body. Their distribution and function in the whole human being are such that they constantly sustain the person, just as they are spread throughout all the rest of the world and have their effects. Fire, air, water, and earth are in humankind, and humans consist of them. From fire they have the warmth of their bodies, from air they have their breath, from water they have their blood and from earth they have their bodies [the materials of muscles and bones]. They can thank fire for their sight, air for their hearing, water for movement, and earth for their ability to walk. (CC 49, 29) 

The four elements determine the constitution of the humors in a human being and thus the state of health. No one exists outside of this cosmic principle. Everything works together in this order, in balance and harmony, and thus a person remains healthy and alive. 

When the elements fulfill their purpose correctly and orderly, so that warmth, dew, and rain come separately and in good measure and at the proper time, and maintain the earth and its fruits in health, and thus bring bountiful harvests and good health, then the world will prosper. If they all come suddenly and at the same time, and not in their season, they would tear the earth apart and make it sick. Likewise, the elements maintain the health of person when they function in an orderly man-ner. As soon as they stray from this order, they make the person sick and cause death. As long as the flow of the humors in a person functions properly, and maintains warmth, moisture, blood, and flesh, then the person enjoys good health. But as soon as they flow all at once in excess and without caution, they create sickness and cause death. Warmth and moisture, as well as blood and flesh, were namely changed into the opposing phlegmata by Adam's fall into sin. (CC 49,40) 

Thus the original complete harmony in humankind was destroyed by the fall into sin. The various combinations of the fluids of the four world-elements resulted in a total of 24 basic illnesses. 

However, a person who is saved (that is, healed) can achieve a still better state of health by means of proper Hildegard diagnosis and therapy. 

Hildegard of Bingen's Medicine (Folk Wisdom Series) Paperback 

by Dr. Wighard Strehlow (Author),

Hildegard of Bingen, a major twelfth-century mystic and prophet, began having divinely inspired visions at the age of six. These visions continued throughout her life and were the source of highly honored information on healing through a multidimensional approach to the body, mind, emotions, and spirit. Widely accepted by physicians and religious healers of her time, Hildegard’s work was lost over the centuries, and has only recently been reborn through the work of the authors of this book. Hildegard of Bingen’s Medicine is a groundbreaking contribution to medicine and healing. It contains translations of Hildegard text which reflect the high point of medieval, alchemical, and healing science. In addition, these translations are commented upon by authors who have worked clinically with Hildegard’s wisdom for thirty years. Many will find this book to contain profound, long lost spiritual teachings. Hildegard’s deep understanding of nature--trees, herbs, and animals--inspires a new vision of balance and planetary attunement.

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