# De materia medica 68.2-2

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΛΟΓΟΣ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΣ., Chapter 68. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/68.2-2

ἀμφότεροι δὲ οὗτοι μανιώδεις ὑπάρχουσι καὶ 2 καρωτικοί, δύσχρηστοι. εὔχρηστος δὲ εἰς θεραπείαν ἠπιώτατος ὢν ὁ τρίτος, λιπαρὸς καὶ ἁπαλὸς καὶ χνοώδης, ἄνθη λευκὰ ἔχων καὶ τὸ σπέρμα λευκόν· φύεται παρά θαλάττῃ καὶ ἐν ἐρειπίοις. χρηστέον οὖν ἐστι τῷ λευκῷ· εἰ δὲ μὴ παρείη οὗτος, χρῆσθαι δεῖ τῷ ξανθῷ, τὸν δὲ μέλανα ἀποδοκιμάζειν ὡς χείριστον. χυλίζεται δὲ ὁ καρπὸς ἁπαλὸς καὶ τὰ φύλλα καὶ οἱ καυλοὶ κοπτόμενοι καὶ ἐκθλιβόμενοι, ἐν ἡλίῳ ξηραινομένου τοῦ ὑγροῦ· χρῆσις δὲ αὐτοῦ πρὸς ἐνιαυτὸν διὰ τὸ εὔσηπτον.

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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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