# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.17.9

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, Book 8, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/8.17.9

[θ΄. Περὶ ῥοός.] Ῥοῦς τὸ θαμνῶδες Φυτὸν στύφει καὶ ξηραίνει, ὥσπερ καὶ οἱ βυρσοδέψαι πρὸς τὸ ξηρᾶναι καὶ στῦψαι τὰ δέρματα χρῶνται τῷ φυτῷ, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ὀνομάζεται βυρσοδεψικὴ τοῖς ἰατροῖς. ὅ τε καρπὸς αὐτῆς μάλιστα καὶ ὁ χυλὸς εἰς χρείαν ἥκουσιν, ἱκανῶς αὐστηρᾶς ὄντες ποιότητος. ὁμολογεῖ δὲ καὶ ἡ κατὰ μέρος ἅπασα χρῆσις τῇ κατὰ τὴν γεῦσιν αἰσθήσει. εἴη ἂν οὖν καὶ τοῦτο τὸ φάρμακον ξηραντικὸν μὲν ἐκ τῆς τρίτης τάξεως, ψυκτικὸν δὲ ἐκ τῆς δευτέρας.

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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/.