# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.20.4

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, Book 8, Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/8.20.4

[δ΄. Περὶ ὑοσκυάμου.] Ὑοσκύαμος, ὁ μὲν τὸ μέλαν ἔχων σπέρμα μανιώδης τε καὶ καρωτικὸς ὑπάρχων. πλησίον δ’ αὐτοῦ τὴν δύναμίν ἐστι καὶ οὗ τὸ σπέρμα μετρίως ξανθόν ἐστι, φεύγειν δ’ ἀμφοτέρους ὡς ἀχρήστους τε καὶ δηλητηρίους. ἐπιτηδειότατος δὲ πρὸς τὰς ἰάσεις οὗ καὶ τὸ σπέρμα καὶ τὸ ἄνθος λευκὸν, ἐκ τῆς τρίτης που τάξεως ὑπάρχων τῶν ψυχόντων. ἄνθος δὲ τοῦ μὲν τὸ μέλαν ἔχοντος σπέρμα μετρίως πορφυρίζον, τοῦ δὲ τὸ ὑπόξανθον ἀτρέμα μηλίζον.

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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/.