# Quos quibus catharticis medicamentis et quando purgare oporteat 29

Galen, Quos quibus catharticis medicamentis et quando purgare oporteat, κγ. Ἐκ τῶν Γαληνοῦ· τίναϲ δεῖ καθαίρειν, καὶ ποίοιϲ καθαρτηρίοιϲ, καὶ πότε.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/quos-quibus-catharticis-medicamentis-et-quando-purgare-oporteat/29

ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἤδη νοϲούντων ἐν μὲν τοῖϲ χρονίοιϲ αἰεὶ δεῖ τὸν πεπαϲμὸν ἀναμένειν· ἐν δὲ τοῖϲ ὀξέϲιν, ὅταν ὀργά, κατ᾿ ἀρχὰϲ οἷόν τε φαρμακεῦϲαι, καὶ τοῦτο αὐτὸ πράττειν μετὰ πολλῆϲ εὐλαβείαϲ καὶ περιϲκέψεωϲ· κίνδυνοϲ γὰρ οὐ μικρὸϲ ἐν ὀξεῖ νοϲήματι κακῶϲ φαρμακεῦϲαι τῷ πάντα μὲν καθαίροντα φάρμακα τοῖϲ δυνάμεϲιν εἶναι θερμά, δεῖϲθαι δὲ τὸν πυρετόν, εἰ πυρετόϲ ἐϲτι, κατὰ τὸν αὑτοῦ λόγον οὐχ ὅπωϲ τῶν ξηραινόντων καὶ θερμαινόντων, ἀλλὰ τῶν ἐναντιωτάτων αὐτοῖϲ τῶν ὑγραινόντων τε καὶ ψυχόντων.

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Galen, Quos quibus catharticis medicamentis et quando purgare oporteat, ed. Ioannes Raeder. 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.tlg073.local002/.