# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 7.10.23

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/7.10.23

[κγ΄. Περὶ κηροῦ.] Κηρὸς ἐν τῷ μέσῳ πώς ἐστι τῶν θερμαινόντων τε καὶ ψυχόντων, ὑγραινόντων τε καὶ ξηραινόντων. ἔχει δέ τι καὶ παχυμερὲς καὶ ἐμπλαστικὸν, διὸ οὐ μόνον οὐ ξηραίνειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ κατὰ συμβεβηκὸς ὑγραίνειν ἂν ἴσως δόξειε κωλύων τὰς διαπνοὰς, ὅθεν καὶ ὕλη τῶν ἄλλων ἐστὶ φαρμάκων τῶν θερμαινόντων τε καὶ ψυχόντων, αὐτὸς δὲ καθ’ ἑαυτὸν ἐκ τῶν πεπτικῶν ἂν εἴη τῶν ἀσθενῶν, οὔτ’ εἴσω τοῦ σώματος λαμβανόμενον, ἀλλὰ τῶν ἔξωθεν ἐπιτιθεμένων. ἔχει γάρ τι βραχὺ διαφορητικῆς τε καὶ θερμῆς δυνάμεως, ἧς πλείστης τὸ μέλι μετείληφε.

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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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