# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.18.44

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/8.18.44

[μδ΄. Περὶ συκῆς.] Συκῆ θερμῆς καὶ λεπτομεροῦς ἐστι κράσεως, ὡς ὅ τε ὀπὸς αὐτῆς δηλοῖ καὶ τῶν φύλλων ὁ χυλός. ἰσχυρῶς γὰρ ἑκάτερον αὐτῶν ἐστι θερμὸν, ὥστε οὐδὲ δάκνει μόνον ἢ ῥύπτει σφοδρῶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἑλκοῖ καὶ ἀναστομοῖ καὶ μυρμηκίας ἐκβάλλει. ἔστι δὲ καὶ καθαρτικόν. ὁ δὲ τῆς ἀγρίας συκῆς, ἣν ἐρινεὸν ὀνομάζουσιν, ὀπός τε καὶ χυλὸς ἰσχυρότερος εἰς ἅπαντα τοῦ τῆς ἡμέρου. καὶ αἱ κράδαι δ’ αὐτῶν οὕτως εἰσὶ θερμαὶ καὶ λεπτομερεῖς τὴν κρᾶσιν ὥστε καὶ τοῖς βοείοις κρέασι τοῖς σκληροῖς ἑψομένοις ἐμβαλλόμεναι τακερὰ ποιοῦσιν αὐτά.

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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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