# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 11.2.2

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, Book 11, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/11.2.2

[β΄. Περὶ ἀδαρκίου.] Ἀδάρκιον, ἔνιοι δὲ ἀῤῥενικῶς ἄδαρκόν, ἄλλοι δὲ θηλυκῶς ἀδάρκην καλοῦσι κατὰ μὲν τὴν οὐσίαν οἷος ἀφρός τίς ἐστι πεπηγὼς, ὕδατος ἁλμυροῦ περιπηγνύμενος φορυτῷ τε καὶ καλάμοις. δριμύτατον δ’ ἐστὶ καὶ θερμαντικώτατον τοῦτο, διὸ καὶ καθ’ αὑτὸ μὲν ἄχρηστόν ἐστι, μίγνυται δὲ τοῖς ἀμβλύνουσι τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ καὶ οὕτω γίγνεται πολύχρηστον ἐπὶ τῶν θερμανθῆναι δεομένων διαθέσεων ἔξωθεν προσαγόμενον. εἴσω γὰρ τοῦ σώματος οὐχ οἷόν τε λαβεῖν αὐτὸ διὰ τὸ σφοδρὸν τῆς δυνάμεως.

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Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, ed. Karl Gottlob Kühn. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0057.tlg075.local001/.