# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 6.1.59

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/6.1.59

[νθ΄. Περὶ ἑτέρου ἀρκτίου.] Τὸ δ’ ἕτερον ἄρκτιον, ὃ δὴ καὶ προσωπίδα καλοῦσιν, οὗ τὰ φύλλα τοῖς τῆς κολοκύνθης ἐστὶν ὁμοιότατα, πλὴν ὅσῳ μείζω τε καὶ σκληρότερα, διαφορητικὸν μέν ἐστιν καὶ ξηραντικόν. ἔχει δέ τι καὶ στυπτικὸν μετρίως, διὰ τοῦτο αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ φύλλα παλαιῶν ἑλκῶν ἐστιν ἰατικά.

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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/.