# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.16.40

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/8.16.40

[μ΄. Περὶ πυκνοκόμου.] Πυκνοκόμου καὶ ἡ ῥίζα καὶ ὁ καρπὸς καὶ τὰ φύλλα διαφορητικῆς ἐστι καὶ ἑλκτικῆς δυνάμεως, ὄντα καὶ πρὸς τὴν γεῦσιν δριμέα. τὰ μὲν οὖν φύλλα φύματά τε καὶ δοθιῆνας διαφορεῖ, ὁ δὲ καρπὸς ἰσχυρότερος ὑπάρχει, καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ἐργάζεσθαι πέφυκε, μιγνύμενός τινι τῶν διαφορητικῶν καταπλάσματι, οἷόν πέρ ἐστι καὶ τὸ διὰ τοῦ κριθίνου· καὶ σκόλοπας δὲ καὶ ὅσα τοιαῦτα πρὸς τὴν ἐκτὸς ἐπιφάνειαν ἐπισπᾶται. ἡ δὲ ῥίζα πρὸς τὰ μὲν προειρημένα χείρων ἐστὶ καὶ ἀσθενεστέρα, χολῆς μέντοι τῆς ξανθῆς καθαρτική.

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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/.