GALEN ON THE COMPOSITION OF MEDICINES

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Edition of Chartier XIII, [527. 528.]

Edition of Basel II. (257.)

...the Romans call fine wheat flour siligo when it is added. It is clear that through this kind of diet, the inflammation of both the membranes and the muscles around the windpipe arteria and its upper part The "arteria" here refers to the trachea or windpipe, rather than a blood vessel. is calmed. However, much moisture is left behind. This moisture makes it impossible to produce a clear voice.

Therefore, it is appropriate at that time to move from those initial foods to everything cooked with honey. One should also use boiled bean soup, barley water ptisana, cabbage, and well-boiled leeks. Furthermore, the use of medicines is suitable during the time when either inflammation or roughness prevails. These are the medicines held under the tongue, and I will discuss their composition soon.

After these, we provide medicines that are more cleansing rhyptikōtera and more drying xērantikōtera. Then, we use medicines that are even more cleansing and drying [528] until we reach those that have a certain pungency original: "drimytētos." This refers to a sharp or acrid quality that stimulates the throat.. In using these, we must start with the milder versions and move gradually toward the more powerful ones.

The general form of the diet has been stated previously, just as the nature of simple medicines was reported. However, other authors have written about compound medicines made from these simple ingredients in many different ways...