# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 7.10.21

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, Book 7, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/7.10.21

[κα΄. Περὶ κέστρου.] Κέστρον ἢ ψυχότροφον, Ῥωμαϊστὶ δὲ βετονίκη, δύναμιν ἔχει τμητικὴν, ὡς ἡ γεῦσις δηλοῖ. πικροτέρα γάρ ἐστι καὶ ὑπόδριμυς ἡ πόα, ὡς δηλοῖ καὶ ἡ κατὰ μέρος ἐνέργεια. καὶ γὰρ τοὺς ἐν νεφροῖς λίθους διαιρεῖ καὶ πνεύμονα καὶ θώρακα καὶ ἧπαρ καθαίρει τε καὶ διαῤῥύπτει καὶ καταμήνια κινεῖ καὶ ἐπιλήπτους ὠφελεῖ καὶ ῥήγματα καὶ σπάσματα θεραπεύει, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς τῶν θηρίων δήγμασιν ἐπιπλαττομένη τῷ ἕλκει βοηθεῖ καὶ ὀξυρεγμιῶντάς τε καὶ ἰσχιαδικοὺς ὀνίνησι πινόμενον.

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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/.