# De materia medica 76.6

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΛΟΓΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ, Chapter 76. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/76.6

τὴν ἰδίαν ὀσμὴν ἀποβάλῃ· εἶτα πρὸς μίαν μνᾶν τοῦ στέατος 6 Ἀττικὴν κηροῦ Τυρρηνικοῦ ὁλκὰς τέτταρας ἐμβλητέον καὶ διηθητέον, ἀφαιρετέον τε τὴν προσκαθημένην ἐν τῳ πυθμένι ἀκαθαρσίαν καὶ εἰς λοπάδα καινὴν ἀποθετέον· εἶτα εἰς ἥλιον καθ᾿ ἡμέραν κομιστέον περιεσκεπασμένον, ὅπως ἀπολευκανθῇ καὶ τὴν δυσωδίαν ἀποβάλῃ. τὸ δὲ ταύρειον θεραπευτέον οὕτως· λαβὼν καὶ τούτου τὸ πρόσφατον καὶ νεφριαῖον ἔκπλυνον ποταμίῳ ῥεύματι, ἐξυμενίσας τε δὸς εἰς χύτραν κεραμεᾶν καινήν, ἁλὸς ὀλίγον προσεμπάσας,

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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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