# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 6.6.3-4

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, 6.6.3 to 6.6.4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/6.6.3

[γ΄. Περὶ ζύθου.] Ζύθος δριμύτερός ἐστι τῶν κριθῶν οὐ σμικρῷ, κακόχυμος, ὡς ἂν ἐκ σηπεδόνος γεγενημένος. ἔστι δὲ καὶ φυσώδης, καὶ τὸ μέν τι δριμὺ καὶ θερμαῖνον ἔχον, τὸ πλεῖστον δὲ ψυχρὸν ὑδατῶδες ὀξύ. [δ΄. Περὶ ζύμης.] Ζύμη λεπτομερὴς μέν ἐστι καὶ μετρίως θερμή. διὰ τοῦτο τοίνυν ἀλύπως τε καὶ ἀδήκτως ἐπισπᾶταί τε ἅμα τὰ ἐκ τοῦ βάθους καὶ διαφορεῖ. μέμικται δὲ ἐξ ἐναντίων καὶ ἥδε δυνάμεων, ὥσπερ καὶ ἄλλα πολλά. καὶ γὰρ ὀξύτητος μετέχει ψυχρᾶς καὶ σηπεδονώδους θερμότητος καὶ προσέτι τῆς ἀπὸ τῶν ἁλῶν καὶ τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀλεύρου κατὰ φύσιν.

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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/.