# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 6.1.18

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, Book 6, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/6.1.18

[ιη΄. Περὶ ἀκόρου.] Ἄκορον. τούτου τῇ ῥίζῃ χρώμεθα, δριμείᾳ μὲν οὔσῃ καὶ ὑποπίκρῳ μετρίως κατὰ γεῦσιν, οὐκ ἀηδεῖ δὲ κατὰ τὴν ὀσμήν. ὅθεν δῆλον ὡς θερμὴ τὴν δύναμίν ἐστιν καὶ λεπτομερὴς τὴν σύστασιν. ὁμολογεῖ δὲ τούτῳ καὶ τὸ κινεῖν οὖρα καὶ σκιῤῥουμένους τοὺς σπλῆνας ὠφελεῖν, ἀποῤῥύπτειν τε καὶ λεπτύνειν τὰ πάχη τοῦ κερατοειδοῦς. ἀμείνων δὲ ὁ χυλὸς αὐτῆς εἰς τοῦτο. δῆλον δὲ ὅτι ξηραντικὸν πάντως ἐστίν. καὶ δὴ καὶ κείσθω τρίτης τάξεως ἐν ἀμφοῖν, ἔν τε τῷ θερμαίνειν κᾀν τῷ ξηραίνειν.

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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/.