# De materia medica 16

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΠΕΔΑΝΙΟΥ ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΕΩΣ ΠΕΡΙ ΥΛΗΣ ΙΑΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ ΤΡΙΤΟΣ, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/16

16 ἀκάνθιον· ἐμφερῆ τὰ φύλλα ἔχει τῇ λευκῇ ἀκάνθῃ· ἐπʼ ἄκρῳ δὲ ἔχει ἀκανθώδεις ἐξοχάς, καθʼ ἃς ἀραχνοειδής ἐστι χνοῦς, οὖ συλλεγομένου ὑφήν τινα βομβυκοειδῆ γίνεσθαί. ταύτης ἡ ῥίζα καὶ τὰ φύλλα ὀπισθοτόνῳ βοηθεῖ πινόμενα.

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Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ed. Max Wellmann. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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