# De materia medica 40.2

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΠΕΔΑΝΙΟΥ ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΕΩΣ ΠΕΡΙ ΥΛΗΣ ΙΑΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ, Chapter 40. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/40.2

ἀρίστη δὲ πρὸς σκευασίαν ἡ ὀρεινὴ καὶ πλατύφυυλλος δάφνη· 2 διαφέρει δὲ τοῦ δαφνίνου τὸ πρόσφατον, χλωρὸν τῇ χρόᾳ, πικρότατον, δριμύ. δύναμιν δὲ ἔχει θερμαντικήν, μαλακτικήν, ἀναστομωτικήν, κόπων λυτικήν· ἁρμόζει καὶ τοῖς περὶ τὰ νεῦρα πάθεσι πᾶσι καὶ φρίκαις καὶ ὠταλγίαις καὶ κατάρροις καὶ κεφαλαλγίαις. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ναυτιῶδες ποθέν.

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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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