# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.15.11

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, Book 8, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/8.15.11

[ια΄. Περὶ ὀξυακάνθου.] Ὀξυάκανθος. τοῦτο γὰρ τὸ δένδρον, ὥσπερ ἀχράδι παραπλήσιόν ἐστι τὴν ἰδέαν, οὕτω καὶ τὴν δύναμιν. καὶ μέν γε καὶ οἱ καρποὶ, ὁ μὲν τῆς ἀχράδος ἁπλῶς στρυφνὸς, ὁ δὲ τῆς ὀξυακάνθης καὶ λεπτομερής ἐστι καὶ τμητικὸν ὀλίγον ἔχει. ὁ δὲ καρπὸς τοῦ δένδρου τῷ μὲν τῆς ἀχράδος οὐκ ἔοικεν, ὅμοιος δ’ ἐστὶ τοῖς μύρτοις, ἐρυθρός τε καὶ ἀραιὸς ὑπάρχων. ἔχει δὲ καὶ πυρῆνας. οὐ μόνον δ’ ἐσθιόμενος, ἀλλὰ καὶ πινόμενος ἐφεκτικός ἐστιν ἁπάντων τῶν ῥοωδῶν παθῶν.

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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/.