# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.15.18

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/8.15.18

[ιη΄. Περὶ ὄρχεως τοῦ σεραπιάδος.] Ὄρχις, ὃν καὶ σεραπιάδα καλοῦσιν, ξηροτέρας δυνάμεώς ἐστιν ἢ κατὰ τὴν προτέραν, ὅθεν εἰς τὰ ἀφροδίσια μὲν οὐχ ὁμοίως ἐπιτήδειός ἐστιν. οἰδήματα δὲ καταπλασσόμενος διαφορεῖ καὶ ἕλκη ῥυπαρὰ καθαίρει καὶ ἕρπητας ἰᾶται. ξηρανθεῖσα δὲ πολὺ δὴ μᾶλλον ἔτι ξηραίνει, ὥστε καὶ τὰ σηπεδονώδη καὶ τὰ κακοήθη τῶν ἑλκῶν ἰᾶται. καὶ γάρ τι καὶ ὑποστῦφον ἔχει καὶ διὰ τοῦτο κοιλίαν ἐπέχει μετ’ οἴνου πινομένη.

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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/.