# De natura muliebri 106

Hippocrates, De natura muliebri, Chapter 106. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-natura-muliebri/106

106. Καθαρτήριον· ἢν γυναῖκα μὴ δυναμένην τεκεῖν, κυῆσαι θέλῃς ποιῆσαι, σκέψασθαι χρὴ ἐν τοῖσι καταμηνίοισιν, ἤν τε χολώδης, ἤν τε φλεγματώδης ᾖ. Γνώσῃ δὲ τῷδε· πρότερον ψάμμον ἐμβαλὼν ἐς τὸν ἥλιον λεπτὴν, ξηρὴν, ὁκόταν τὰ καταμήνια γένηται, ἐν τῷ ἡλίῳ, ἀποχέας τοῦ αἵματος, ἔα ξηρανθῆναι· καὶ ἢν μὲν χολώδης ᾖ, ἐπὶ τῇ ψάμμῳ ξηραινόμενον τὸ αἷμα χλωρὸν γίνεται· ἢν δὲ φλεγματώδης, οἷον μύξα. Τουτέων οὖν ὁκότερον ἂν ᾖ, καθήρας τὴν κοιλίην, ἤν τε ἄνω ἤν τε κάτω δοκέῃ σοι δεῖσθαι, εἶτα διαλιπὼν ἡμέρας ὀλίγας, τὰς ὑστέρας καθαίρειν.

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Hippocrates, De natura muliebri, ed. Émile Littré. 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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