# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.18.33

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/8.18.33

[λγ΄. Περὶ σόγχου.] Σόγχος ἐπειδὰν μὲν τελειωθῇ, τῶν ἀκανθωδῶν ἐστιν φυτῶν, χλωρὸς δ’ ἔτι καὶ ἁπαλὸς ἐσθίεται τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀγρίοις λαχάνοις ὡσαύτως. ἡ κρᾶσις δ’ αὐτοῦ μικτή πώς ἐστι, σύγκειται γὰρ ἐξ ὑδατώδους τε καὶ γεώδους οὐσίας, ἀμφοῖν ἀτρέμα ψυχρῶν. καὶ γὰρ στύψεώς τι μετέχει καὶ σαφῶς ἐμψύχει, καταπλασσόμενός τε καὶ ἐσθιόμενος. ἐπειδὴ δὲ τελέως ξηρανθῇ, γεώδης ἡ κρᾶσις αὐτοῦ γίνεται μετρίως θερμότητα ἔχουσα.

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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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