# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.18.16

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, Book 8, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/8.18.16

[ιστ΄. Περὶ σιλφίου.] Σιλφίου θερμότατος μέν ἐστιν ὁ ὀπὸς, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ φύλλα καὶ ὁ καυλὸς καὶ ἡ ῥίζα θερμαίνει γενναίως. ἔστι δὲ φυσωδεστέρας οὐσίας ἅπαντα καὶ κατὰ τοῦτο δύσπεπτα. ἔξωθεν μέντοι κατὰ τοῦ σώματος ἐπιτιθέμενα δραστηριωδέστερα, καὶ μάλιστα πάντων ὁ ὀπὸς ἑλκτικῆς ἱκανῶς ὑπάρχων δυνάμεως. καὶ μὲν δὴ καὶ καθαιρετικὸν καὶ ἀποτηκτικόν τι ἔχει διὰ τὴν προειρημένην αὐτοῦ κρᾶσιν.

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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.
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