# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.16.18

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, Book 8, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/8.16.18

[ιη΄. Περὶ πηγάνου.] Πήγανον τὸ μὲν ἄγριον ἐκ τῆς τετάρτης ἐστὶν ἤδη τάξεως τῶν θερμαινόντων, τὸ δ’ ἥμερον ἐκ τῆς τρίτης. ἔστι δ’ οὐ μόνον δριμὺ γευόμενον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πικρὸν, ᾧ καὶ τὸ τέμνειν τε καὶ διαφορεῖν ἔχει τοὺς παχεῖς καὶ γλίσχρους χυμούς. διὰ δὲ τὴν αὐτὴν δύναμιν καὶ δι’ οὔρων κινεῖ. καὶ μὲν δὴ καὶ λεπτομερές ἐστι καὶ ἄφυσον, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πρός τε τὰς ἐμπνευματώσεις ἁρμόττει καὶ τὰς πρὸς ἀφροδίσια προθυμίας ἐπέχει καὶ διαφορεῖ καὶ ξηραίνει γενναίως. ἔστι γὰρ τῶν ἰσχυρῶς ξηραινόντων φαρμάκων. ὃ δ’ ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν λόγοις μῶλυ καὶ βήσασαν ἔφαμεν ὀνομάζεσθαι, εἴη ἂν καὶ αὐτὸ πήγανον ἄγριον.

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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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