# Enquiry into Plants 11.2-6

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, I, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/11.2-6

Τὸ δ᾿ Ἀσκληπίειον τὴν ῥίζαν μῆκος μὲν ὡς σπιθαμὴν λευκὴν δὲ καὶ παχεῖαν σφόδρα, καὶ φλοιὸν παχὺν καὶ ἁλυκώδη· καυλὸν δὲ ἔχει γονατώδη πανταχόθεν, φύλλον δὲ οἷόνπερ ἡ θαψία πλὴν παχύτερον· ἀγαθὸν δὲ εἶναί φασι ἑρπετῶν τε ξύοντα πίνειν, καὶ σπληνὸς ὅταν αἷμα περὶ αὐτὸν ἐν μελικράτῳ, καὶ κεφαλαίας τρίβοντα ἐν ἐλαίῳ ἀλείφειν καὶ ἄλλο τι ἐὰν πονῇ τις ἀφανές, καὶ γαστρὸς ὀδύνης ἐν οἴνῳ ξύοντα. δύνασθαι δὲ καὶ τὰς μακρὰς ἀρρωστίας ἐκκλίνειν. ἔπειτα τῶν ἑλκῶν τῶν μὲν ὑγρῶν ξηρὸν ἐπιπάττοντα προκατακλύζοντα ἐν οἴνῳ θερμῷ, τῶν δὲ ξηρῶν ἐν οἴνῳ δεῦσαι καὶ καταπλάττειν.

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Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ed. Arthur Hort. 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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