# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 7.10.68

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/7.10.68

[ξη΄. Περὶ κώνου.] Κώνου ὁ καρπὸς, ὃν δὴ καὶ κόκαλον ὀνομάζουσι καὶ στρόβιλον, ὅλος μὲν χλωρὸς, ἔχει τι μεθ’ ὑγρότητος πικρὸν καὶ δριμὺ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τοῖς ἐμπύοις, ὅσοι τ’ ἄλλοι δέονται τὰ κατὰ θώρακα καὶ πνεύμονα, ῥᾳδίως ἀναβήττειν τε καὶ ἀναπτύειν ἐπιτήδειός ἐστιν. ὁ δ’ ἐδώδιμος ἐξ αὐτοῦ καρπὸς ἔστι μὲν τροφὴ δύσπεπτός τε καὶ ἰσχυρὰ, ἔστι δὲ καὶ ὡς φάρμακον ἐκλεαίνειν τραχύτητας ἐπιτήδειον, καὶ μάλισθ’ ὅταν ἐν ὕδατι βρεχθεὶς ἀπόθηται κατ’ αὐτὸ πᾶν ὅσον ἔχει δριμύ. τὸ γὰρ λοιπὸν ἅπαν ἀδηκτότερόν τε καὶ ἐμπλαστικώτερον γίνεται, θερμῆς μὲν καὶ ψυχρᾶς ποιότητος ἐν τῷ μέσῳ καθεστηκὸς, ἐξ ὑδατώδους τε καὶ γεώδους οὐσίας κεκραμένον, ἀερώδους δ’ ἥκιστα μετέχον.

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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/.