# De materia medica 23

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΠΕΔΑΝΙΟΥ ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΕΩΣ ΠΕΡΙ ΥΛΗΣ ΙΑΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ, Chapter 23. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/23

23 νάσκαφθον, οἱ δὲ νάρκαφθον· καὶ τοῦτο ἐκ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς κομίζεται. ἔστι δὲ φλοιῶδες, συκαμίνου λεπίσματι ἐοικός, θυμιώμενον διὰ τὴν εὐωδίαν καὶ μειγνύμενον τοῖς σκευαστοῖς θυμιάμασιν, ὠφελοῦν καὶ μήτραν ἐστεγνωμένην ὑποθυμιαθέν.

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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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