# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.16.39

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/8.16.39

[λθ΄. Περὶ πτέριδος καὶ θηλυπτερίδος.] Πτέρις ῥίζαν μάλιστ’ ἔχει χρήσιμον. ἀναιρεῖ γὰρ ἕλμινθα πλατεῖαν, εἰ τεσσάρων δραχμῶν ὁλκήν τις αὐτῆς ἐν μελικράτῳ λάβοι. κατὰ δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ἔμβρυα τὰ μὲν ζῶντα διαφθείρειν, τὰ νεκρὰ δ’ ἐκβάλλειν οὐδὲν θαυμαστόν. ἔστι γὰρ πικρὰ βραχύ τι στύψεως μετέχουσα. διὸ καὶ κατὰ τῶν ἑλκῶν ἐπιτιθεμένη δυνάμεώς ἐστιν ἰσχυρῶς ξηραντικῆς, οὐ μέντοι δακνώδης. ὁμοίαν δ’ αὐτῇ καὶ ἡ θηλυπτερὶς ὀνομαζομένη τὴν δύναμιν ἔχει.

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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/.