# De materia medica 78.2-3

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΛΟΓΟΣ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΣ., Chapter 78. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/78.2-3

ἔστι δὲ πολύχρηστον εἰς τὴν ὑγιαστικὴν χρῆσιν ξηρανθέν, μειγνύμενον ἐπιτηδείως τοῖς ἀνωδύνοις κολλυρίοις, τὸ χύλισμα, ἕρπητάς τε καὶ ἐρυσιπέλατα καταπλασθὲν σβέννυσιν. ἡ δὲ πόα καὶ ἡ κόμη λεῖα καταπλασσόμενα ἐπὶ τῶν διδόμων δνειρώττουσι βοηθεῖ· παρίησι δὲ καὶ αἰδοῖα καταπλασθέντα καὶ γάλα σβέννυσι, μαστούς τε ἐν παρθενίᾳ κωλύει αὔξεσθαι καὶ διδύμους ἀτρόφους ποιεῖ ἐπὶ παίδων, ἐνεργέστατον δʼ ἐστὶ τὸ Κρητικὸν καὶ Μεγαρικὸν καὶ Ἀττικὸν καὶ τὸ ἐν τῇ Χίῳ καὶ Κιλικίᾳ γεννώμενον.

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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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