# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 6.1.24

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/6.1.24

[κδ΄. Περὶ ἀλύσσου.] Ἄλυσσον. ὠνόμασται μὲν ἄλυσσον ἡ πόα διὰ τὸ θαυμαστῶς ὀνινάναι τοὺς ὑπὸ λυσσῶντος κυνὸς δεδηγμένους. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἤδη λυττῶντι δοθεῖσα πολλάκις ἐξιάσατο. τοῦτο μὲν ἐκ τῆς καθ’ ὅλην οὐσίαν ὁμοιότητος δύναται, καὶ λέλεκται πρόσθεν ὡς ἡ τοιαύτη δύναμις ἐκ πείρας τε μόνης λαμβάνεται καὶ παντάπασιν ἀμέθοδός ἐστιν. εἰ δὲ ἄν τις καὶ χρήσαιτο πρὸς πολλὰ, δυνάμεως γνώσεται ὡς μετρίως ἐστὶν ξηραντικῆς καὶ διαφορητικῆς, πρὸς τῷ καὶ ῥυπτικόν τι ἔχειν. ταύτῃ γέ τοι καὶ ἀλφοὺς καὶ ἔφηλιν ἀποκαθαίρει.

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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.
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