# De materia medica 66.68.100.4

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΠΕΔΑΝΙΟΥ ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΕΩΣ ΠΕΡΙ ΥΛΗΣ ΙΑΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ, Chapter 66, Chapter 68, Chapter 100. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/66.68.100.4

4 λέγεται δὲ τὸ Ἰνδικὸν λὐκιον γίνεσθαι ἐκ θάμνου, τῆς λεγομένης λογχίτιδος. ἔστι δὲ εἶδος ἀκάνθης, ῥάβδους ἔχον ὀρθάς, τριπήχεις ἢ καὶ μείζους, πολλὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ πυθμένος, παχυτέρας βάτου, φλοιὸς ῥαγεὶς ἐνερευθής, τὰ δὲ φύλλα ὅμοια ἐλαίας, ἧς ἡ πόα ἐν ὄξει ἑψηθεῖσα καὶ ποτιζομένη ἱστορεῖται φλεγμονὰς σπληνὸς καὶ ἴκτερον θεραπεύειν καὶ καθάρσεις γυναικῶν ἄγειν· καὶ ὡμὴ δὲ λεία ποθεῖσα τὰ αὐτὰ ποιεῖν παραδίδοται, τοῦ δὲ σπέρματος μύστρα δύο ποθέντα ὑδατῶδες καθαίρειν καὶ θανασίμοις βοηθεῖν.

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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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