# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.16.42

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/8.16.42

[μβ΄. Περὶ πυροῦ.] Πυρὸς ὡς τροφὴ μὲν ὁποίας ἐστὶ φύσεως οὐ τῆς νῦν ἔνεστι πραγματείας, ὡς φάρμακον δ’ ἔξωθεν ἐπιτιθέμενος ἐκ τῆς πρώτης ἐστὶ τάξεως τῶν θερμαινόντων, οὐ μὴν οὔτε ξηραίνειν οὔθ’ ὑγραίνειν ἐπιφανῶς πέφυκεν. ἔχει δέ τι καὶ γλίσχρον καὶ ἐμφρακτικόν. τὸ δ’ ἐξ αὐτοῦ σκευαζόμενον ἄμυλον ψυχρότερόν τε καὶ ξηραντικώτερον αὐτοῦ γίνεται. καὶ τὸ ἐξ ἄρτου δὲ κατάπλασμα διαφορητικωτέρας ἐστὶ δυνάμεως ἤπερ τὸ ἐκ τῶν πυρῶν, ὡς ἂν καὶ ἁλῶν καὶ ζύμης προειληφότος τοῦ ἄρτου. δυνάμεως γὰρ ἐπισπαστικῆς τε καὶ διαφορητικῆς τῶν ἐκ τοῦ βάθους ἐστὶν ἡ ζύμη.

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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/.