# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 6.5.25

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, Book 6, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/6.5.25

[κε΄. Περὶ ἐφημέρου.] Ἐφήμερον οὐ τὸ δηλητήριον, ὃ καὶ Κολχικὸν ὀνομάζουσιν, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἕτερον, ὃ δὴ καὶ ἴρις ἀγρία καλεῖται. φύλλα μὲν καὶ καυλὸν ἔχει ὅμοιον κρίνῳ, ῥίζαν δὲ μακρὰν οὐ στρογγύλην, ὥσπερ τὸ Κολχικόν. ἔστι δὲ δακτύλου μὲν μάλιστα τὸ πάχος, στύφουσα δὲ καὶ εὐώδης. ἐξ ὧν δῆλον ὡς μικτῆς ἐστι δυνάμεώς τε καὶ κράσεως ἀποκρουστικῆς τε καὶ διαφορητικῆς. μαρτυρεῖ δὲ καὶ τὰ κατὰ μέρος ἔργα. καὶ γὰρ ὀδονταλγίας ἐστὶν οὐκ ἄπρακτον ἥ γε ῥίζα διάκλυσμα καὶ φυμάτων ἀναβάσεσί τε καὶ ἀκμαῖς ἁρμόζει τὰ φύλλα. χρὴ δ’ ἕψοντας ἐν οἴνῳ, πρὶν ἐκπυῆσαι, καταπλάττειν.

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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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