§1818.
18.
Πρὸς δὲ τὰς νόμας· στυπτηρίη, ἥ τε αἰγυπτίη ὀπτὴ, καὶ ἡ μηλείη, πρότερον δὲ ἀπονιτρῶσαι ὀπτῷ καὶ ἀνασπογγίσαι.
For phagedenic ulcers: Egyptian alum roasted, and Melian alum; but first cleanse with roasted soda and wipe with a sponge.
Καὶ ἡ χαλκῖτις στυπτηρίη ὀπτή ὀπτᾶν δὲ ἕως ἂν φλογοειδὴς γένηται.
Also roasted chalcitis alum; and roast it until it becomes flame-colored.
§1919.
19.
Τῶν παλαιῶν ἑλκέων τῶν ἐν τοῖσιν ἀντικνημίοισι γινομένων, αἱματώδεα δέ ποι γίνεται καὶ μέλανα μελιλώτου ἄνθος τρίψας, μέλιτι φυρῶν, ἐπιπλάστῳ χρῆσθαι.
For old ulcers occurring on the shins, which become somehow bloody and black: having crushed the flower of melilot, mixing it with honey, use it as a plaster.
§2020.
20.
Ἐπὶ νεῦρα δὲ διατμηθέντα ἐπιδεῖν μυῤῥίνης ἀγρίης ῥίζας κόψας καὶ διαττήσας, φυρήσας ἐλαίῳ.
For severed tendons, bind them up having chopped and sifted roots of wild myrtle, and having mixed them with olive oil.
Καὶ τὴν ποίην τὴν πεντάφυλλον, λευκὴ δέ ἐστι καὶ χνοώδης, καὶ ὑψηλοτέρη ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἢ τὸ μέλαν πεντάφυλλον, ταύτην τρίψας ἐν ἐλαίῳ ἐπιδεῖν, ἀπολύειν δὲ τριταῖον.
Also the five-leaved herb, which is white and downy, and taller from the ground than the black five-leaved one, having crushed this in olive oil, bind it up, and untie it on the third day.
§2121.
21.
Μαλθακώδεα, τοῖσίδε χρὴ τοῖσι φαρμάκοισι χρῆσθαι ἐν χειμῶνι μᾶλλον ἢ ἐν θέρει· φάρμακα μαλθακώδεα, ἃ καὶ οὐλὰς καλὰς ποιέει· σκίλλης τὸ εἴσω τὸ μυξῶδες τρίψας, ἢ πεύκην σὺν συείῳ στέατι νέῳ, ὀλίγον ἔλαιον καὶ ῥητίνης ὀλίγον, καὶ ψιμυθίου. —Καὶ στέαρ χηνὸς, καὶ συὸς νέον, καὶ σκίλλαν, καὶ ἔλαιον ὀλίγον. —Κηρὸς ὡς λευκότατος, στέαρ πρόσφατον καθαρόν. —Ἢ σκίλλαν, ἔλαιον λευκὸν, ῥητίνης ὀλίγον. —Κηρὸν, στέαρ συὸς παλαιὸν καὶ νέον, καὶ ἔλαιον, καὶ ἰὸς, καὶ σκίλλα, καὶ ῥητίνη, ἔστω δὲ δύο μοῖραι τοῦ παλαιοῦ στέατος πρὸς τὸ νέον, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων ὁκόσον δοκέει καιρὸς εἶναι. —Στέαρ συντήξας πρόσφατον, ἀποχέας ἐς ἕτερον χυτρίδιον, καὶ τῆς μολυβδαίνης τρίψας ὡς λειότατον, διαττήσας, ξυμμίξας, ἕψειν, καὶ κυκᾷν τὸ πρῶτον, ἑψεῖν δὲ ἕως ἂν ἐπισταχθὲν ἐπὶ γῆς πηγνύηται, ἔπειτα καθελὼν ἀποχέαι τὸ ἄλλο πλὴν τῆς λίθου τῆς ὑποστάσης, καὶ ἐμβάλλειν ῥητίνην καὶ ἀνακινέειν, κέδρινον ἔλαιον ὀλίγον ξυμμίξας καὶ τὸ ἀφῃρημένον.
Emollient remedies: one should use these remedies in winter rather than in summer; emollient remedies, which also produce fine scars, are the following: the mucilaginous inner part of squill crushed, or pine wood with fresh pig's fat, a little olive oil, a little resin, and white lead. —And goose fat, and fresh pig's fat, and squill, and a little olive oil. —Wax as white as possible, fresh clean fat. —Or squill, white olive oil, a little resin. —Wax, old and fresh pig's fat, olive oil, verdigris, squill, and resin; let there be two parts of the old fat to the fresh, and of the others as much as seems to be the proper measure. —Having melted fresh fat, and poured it off into another small pot, and having crushed lead ore as smoothly as possible, sifted it, and mixed it in, boil it, and stir it at first, and boil it until when dropped upon the ground it coagulates; then having taken it off, pour off the rest except the stone that has settled, and cast in resin and stir, having mixed in a little cedar oil and that which was removed.
Πᾶσι χρὴ τοῖσι μαλθακοῖσιν ὅκου ἂν ῥητίνην ξυμμιγνύῃς, ἐπειδὰν ἀφέλῃς ἀπὸ τοῦ πυρὸς τὸ φάρμακον, ἐς θερμὸν ἔτι ἐὸν καθεὶς τὴν ῥητίνην κυκᾷν. —Ἕτερον· στέαρ συὸς παλαιὸν, καὶ κηρὸς, καὶ ἔλαιον, τὰ δὲ ξηρὰ, ἰχθυήματα λωτοῦ, λιβανωτὸς, μολύβδαινα, ἤγουν τοῦ μὲν μοῖρα, καὶ τῆς δὲ μοῖρα, καὶ τοῦ ἰχθυήματος μοῖρα, ἔστω δὲ τοῦ παλαιοῦ στέατος δύο μοῖραι, τοῦ δὲ κηροῦ μία, καὶ τοῦ ἐλαίου μία. —Ἢ στέαρ μόνον παλαιὸν ὕειον, σὺν τῷδε στέαρ αἰγὸς πρόσφατον ὡς ἥκιστα ξὺν τῷ ὑμένι, καθήρας, μικρὰ τρίψας ἢ κατακόψας λεῖα, ἔλαιον παραχέειν, καὶ παραπάσσειν τὸν μόλιβδον ξὺν τῇ σποδῷ, καὶ λωτοῦ ἰχθυημάτων τὸ ἥμισυ. —Ἕτερον· στέαρ αἰγὸς, σποδὸς, χαλκῖτις κυανέη, ἔλαιον.
In all emollient applications wherever you mix in resin, when you remove the medicine from the fire, cast the resin into it while it is still warm and stir. —Another: old pig's fat, wax, and olive oil; and the dry ingredients: shavings of lotus wood, frankincense, lead ore, namely a part of the former, a part of the latter, and a part of the shavings; and let there be two parts of the old fat, one of wax, and one of olive oil. —Or old pig's fat alone, or with this, fresh goat's fat with as little of the membrane as possible, having cleansed it, and ground it small or chopped it smooth, pour in olive oil, and sprinkle over it the lead with the ashes, and half of the shavings of lotus wood. —Another: goat's fat, ashes, blue chalcitis, olive oil.
§2222.
22.
Περὶ πυρικαύστου· ἑψεῖν χοὴ πρίνου ῥίζας ἁπαλὰς, ᾗ ὁ φλοιός ἐστι παχύτατος καὶ χλωρότατος, καταταμὼν μικρὰ, οἶνον λευκὸν ἐπιχέας, μαλθακῷ πυρὶ καθεψεῖν, ἕως ἂν δοκέῃ καλῶς ἔχειν τὸ πάχος, ὡς ὑπάλειπτον, καὶ ἐν ὕδατι τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον. —Ἕτερον μὴ δάκνον· ὑὸς στέαρ μόνον παλαιὸν ὑπαλείφειν, τήξας αὐτὸ, ἄνωθεν δὲ τῆς σκίλλης τὴν ῥίζαν διαιρῶν καὶ προστιθεὶς καταδεῖν, τῇ δὲ ἑξῆς ἐπαιονᾷν. —Ἄλλο· τήξας ὑὸς στέαρ παλαιὸν, καὶ κηρὸν, καὶ ἔλαιον συμμίξας καὶ λιβανωτὸν, καὶ λωτοῦ ἰχθυήματα, καὶ μίλτον, τούτῳ ὑπαλείψας, ἄρου φύλλα ἐν οἴνῳ καὶ ἐλαίῳ ἑψήσας, προστιθεὶς καταδεῖν. —Ἕτερον· ἐπειδὰν τῷ συείῳ στέατι ὑπαλείψῃς τῷ παλαιῷ, καταλείφειν ἀσφοδέλου ῥίζας ἐν οἴνῳ τρίψας καὶ λειώσας. —Ἕτερον· τήξας στέαρ συὸς παλαιὸν, ξυμμίξας ῥητίνῃ καὶ ἀσφάλτῳ, αὐτὸ ἐπαλείψας ἐς ὀθόνιον, θερμήνας πρὸς πῦρ, ἐπιθεὶς ἐπιδεῖν.
For burns: one should boil tender roots of holm-oak, where the bark is thickest and greenest, having chopped them small, and having poured on white wine, boil down over a gentle fire until it seems to have the proper thickness as an ointment; and in water in the same manner. —Another non-biting one: apply old pig's fat alone, having melted it, and having split the root of squill, apply it from above and bind it up; and on the next day, apply warm fomentations. —Another: having melted old pig's fat, and having mixed in wax and olive oil, and frankincense, shavings of lotus wood, and red ochre, having applied this as an ointment, boil leaves of arum in wine and olive oil, apply them, and bind them up. —Another: when you have applied the old pig's fat, smear over it roots of asphodel crushed and smoothed in wine. —Another: having melted old pig's fat, and having mixed it with resin and asphalt, having smeared this on a piece of linen, and having warmed it by the fire, apply it and bind it up.