# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.16.3

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/8.16.3

[γ΄. Περὶ παπύρου.] Πάπυρος αὐτὴ μὲν καθ’ ἑαυτὴν οὐδ’ εἰς χρείαν ἰατρικὴν ἥκει. βραχεῖσα δὲ ἢ καυθεῖσα χρησίμη γίνεται. ὀξυκράτῳ μὲν οὖν ἢ οἴνῳ βραχεῖσα κολλᾷ τὰ πρόσφατα τῶν ἑλκῶν καὶ μάλιστα ἐν κύκλῳ περικειμένη. ἀλλ’ ἐνταῦθα μὲν οἷον ὕλη τίς ἐστι δεκτικὴ τῶν ἰωμένων φαρμάκων. ἐπειδὰν δὲ καυθῇ, φάρμακον ἤδη γίνεται ξηραντικὸν, ὥσπερ καὶ ἡ τέφρα τοῦ κεκαυμένου χάρτου, πλὴν ὅσον ἀσθενεστέρα ἐστὶν ἡ τῆς παπύρου.

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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/.