# De materia medica 61.2-2

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΛΟΓΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ, Chapter 61. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/61.2-2

2 δύναμις δὲ αὐτῶν κοινή, σηπτική, θερμαντική, έλκωτική, ὅθεν μείγνυται φαρμάκοις τοῖς πρὸς τά καρκινώδη, καὶ λέπρας καὶ λειχῆνας ἀγρίους θεραπεύουσιν ἄγουσι δὲ καὶ ἔμμηνα πεσσοῖς μαλακτικοῖς μιγεῖσαι. ἔνιοι δὲ ἱστόρησαν τὰς κανθαρίδας καὶ ὑδρωπικοῖς βοηθεῖν, μειγνυμένας ἀντιδότοις, ὡς οὔρησιν κινούθας. οἱ δὲ τὰ πτερὰ αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς πόδας τοῖς πιοῦσιν αὐτὰς ἀντιφάρμακον ἀνέγραψαν.

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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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