# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.18.25

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/8.18.25

[κε΄. Περὶ σκορδίου.] Σκόρδιον. ἐκ πολυειδῶν τοῦτο καὶ χυμῶν καὶ δυνάμεων σύγκειται. καὶ γὰρ καὶ πικρὸν ἔχει τι καὶ στρυφνὸν καὶ δριμὺ, καὶ μάλιστά γε σκορόδῳ προσέοικεν αὐτοῦ τὸ δριμὺ, ὅθεν, οἶμαι, καὶ τὴν προσηγορίαν ἀπηνέγκατο. διακαθαίρει τοιγαροῦν ἅμα καὶ θερμαίνει τὰ σπλάγχνα καὶ καταμήνια καὶ οὖρα κινεῖ καὶ σπάσματα καὶ ῥήγματα καὶ πλευρῶν ἀλγήματα κατ’ ἔμφραξιν καὶ ψύξιν ἰᾶται πινόμενον, κολλᾷ μὲν τὰ μεγάλα τραύματα χλωρὸν ἐπιπλασσόμενον, ἀνακαθαίρει δὲ τὰ ῥυπαρὰ, καὶ εἰς οὐλὴν ἄγει τὰ κακοήθη ξηρὸν ἐπιπασσόμενον.

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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/.