§1919.
19.
Ἐν τροφῇ φαρμακείη ἄριστον, ἐν τροφῇ φαρμακείη φλαῦρον, φλαῦρον καὶ ἄριστον πρὸς τί.
In food, purgation is best, in food, purgation is bad; bad and best in relation to what.
§2020.
20.
Ἕλκος, ἐσχάρη, αἷμα, πῦον, ἰχὼρ, λέπρη, πίτυρον, ἀχὼρ, λειχὴν, ἀλφὸς, ἔφηλις, ὁτὲ μὲν βλάπτει, ὁτὲ δὲ ὠφελέει, ὁτὲ δὲ οὔτε βλάπτει οὔτε ὠφελέει.
Ulcer, eschar, blood, pus, ichor, leprosy, dandruff, eczema, lichen, vitiligo, freckle; sometimes they harm, sometimes they benefit, and sometimes they neither harm nor benefit.
§2121.
21.
Τροφὴ οὐ τροφὴ, ἢν μὴ δύνηται· μὴ τροφὴ τροφὴ, ἢν οἷόν τε ᾖ τρέφεσθαι· οὔνομα τροφὴ, ἔργον δὲ οὐχί· ἔργον τροφὴ, οὔνομα δὲ οὐχί.
Food is not food, if it has no power; non-food is food, if it is able to nourish; food in name, but not in deed; food in deed, but not in name.
§2222.
22.
Ἐς τρίχας τροφὴ καὶ ἐς ὄνυχας καὶ ἐς τὴν ἐσχάτην ἐπιφανείην ἔνδοθεν ἀφικνέεται· ἔξωθεν τροφὴ ἐκ τῆς ἐσχάτης ἐπιφανείης ἐνδοτάτω ἀφικνέεται.
Food reaches from within to the hair, the nails, and the outermost surface; from without, food reaches from the outermost surface to the innermost parts.
§2323.
23.
Ξύῤῥοια μία, ξύμπνοια μία, ξυμπαθέα πάντα· κατὰ μὲν οὐλομελίην πάντα, κατὰ μέρος δὲ τὰ ἐν ἑκάστῳ μέρει μέρεα πρὸς τὸ ἔργον.
One conflux, one breathing together, all things in sympathy; all things according to the whole body, and in part, the parts in each part for their work.
§2424.
24.
Ἀρχὴ μεγάλη εἰς ἔσχατον μέρος ἀφικνέεται· ἐξ ἐσχάτου μέρεος ἐς ἀρχὴν μεγάλην ἀφικνέεται μία φύσις εἶναι καὶ μὴ εἶναι.
A great beginning reaches to the outermost part; from the outermost part it reaches to the great beginning: to be one nature and not to be.
§2525.
25.
Νούσων διαφοραὶ ἐν τροφῇ, ἐν πνεύματι, ἐν θερμασίῃ, ἐν αἵματι, ἐν φλέγματι, ἐν χολῇ, ἐν χυμοῖσιν, ἐν σαρκὶ, ἐν πιμελῇ, ἐν φλεβὶ, ἐν ἀρτηρίῃ, ἐν νεύρῳ, μυὶ, ὑμένι, ὀστέῳ, ἐγκεφάλῳ, νωτιαίῳ μυελῷ, στόματι, γλώσσῃ, στομάχῳ, κοιλίῃ, ἐντέροισι, φρεσὶ, περιτοναίῳ, ἥπατι, σπληνὶ, νεφροῖσι, κύστεϊ, μήτρῃ, δέρματι· ταῦτα πάντα καὶ καθ’ ἓν καὶ κατὰ μέρος· μέγεθος αὐτῶν μέγα καὶ οὐ μέγα.
Differences of diseases are in food, in breath, in heat, in blood, in phlegm, in bile, in humors, in flesh, in fat, in vein, in artery, in tendon, muscle, membrane, bone, brain, spinal cord, mouth, tongue, esophagus, stomach, intestines, diaphragm, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, uterus, skin; all these both individually and in part; their greatness is great and not great.
§2626.
26.
Τεκμήρια, γαργαλισμὸς, ὀδύνη, ῥῆξις, γνώμη, ἱδρὼς, οὔρων ὑπόστασις, ἡσυχίη, ῥιπτασμὸς, ὄψιος στάσιες, φαντασίαι, ἴκτερος, λυγμὸς, ἐπιληψίη, αἷμα ὁλοσχερὲς, ὕπνος, καὶ ἐκ τούτων καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν κατὰ φύσιν, καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα τοιουτότροπα ἐς βλάβην καὶ ἐς ὠφελίην ὁρμᾷ· πόνοι ὅλου καὶ μέρεος· μεγέθους σημήϊα, τοῦ μὲν ἐς τὸ μᾶλλον, τοῦ δὲ ἐς τὸ ἧσσον, καὶ ἀπ’ ἀμφοτέρων ἐς τὸ μᾶλλον καὶ ἀπ’ ἀμφοτέρων ἐς τὸ ἧσσον.
Indications: tickling, pain, rupture, disposition, sweat, urine sediment, rest, tossing, fixed gaze, phantasies, jaundice, hiccup, epilepsy, pure blood, sleep, and from these and from other things according to nature, and whatever other such things tend to harm and to benefit; pains of the whole and of part; signs of magnitude: on the one hand towards the more, on the other towards the less, and from both to the more, and from both to the less.
§2727.
27.
Γλυκὺ οὐ γλυκὺ, γλυκὺ ἐς δύναμιν οἷον ὕδωρ, γλυκὺ ἐς γεῦσιν οἷον μέλι·
Sweet not sweet; sweet in power, like water; sweet to taste, like honey.
σημήϊα ἑκατέρων, ἕλκεα, ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ γεύσιες, καὶ ἐν τούτοισι τὸ μᾶλλον καὶ τὸ ἧσσον· γλυκὺ ἐς τὴν ὄψιν καὶ ἐν χρώμασι καὶ ἐν ἄλλῃσι μίξεσι, γλυκὺ μᾶλλον καὶ ἧσσον.
Signs of both: ulcers, eyes, and tastes, and in these the more and the less; sweet to the sight, both in colors and in other mixtures, more and less sweet.
§2828.
28.
Ἀραιότης σώματος ἐς διαπνοὴν, οἷσι πλέον ἀφαιρέεται ὑγιεινόν· πυκνότης σώματος ἐς διαπνοὴν, οἷσιν ἔλασσον ἀφαιρέεται νοσερόν·
Porosity of the body for perspiration: for those from whom more is removed, it is healthy; density of the body for perspiration: for those from whom less is removed, it is diseased.
οἱ διαπνεόμενοι καλῶς ἀσθενέστεροι καὶ ὑγιεινότεροι καὶ εὐανάσφαλτοι, οἱ διαπνεόμενοι κακῶς πρὶν ἢ νοσέειν ἰσχυρότεροι, νοσήσαντες δὲ δυσανάσφαλτοι· ταῦτα δὲ καὶ ὅλῳ καὶ μέρει.
Those who perspire well are weaker, healthier, and recover easily; those who perspire poorly are stronger before they fall ill, but once fallen ill, they recover with difficulty; and these things apply to both the whole and the part.
§2929.
29.
Πλεύμων ἐναντίην σώματι τροφὴν ἕλκει, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα πάντα τὴν αὐτήν.
The lung draws nourishment contrary to the body, but all other things draw the same.
§3030.
30.
Ἀρχὴ τροφῆς πνεύματος, ῥῖνες, στόμα, βρόγχος, πλεύμων, καὶ ἡ ἄλλη διαπνοή· ἀρχὴ τροφῆς καὶ ὑγρῆς καὶ ξηρῆς, στόμα, στόμαχος, κοιλίη· ἡ δὲ ἀρχαιοτέρη τροφὴ, διὰ τοῦ ἐπιγαστρίου, ᾗ ὀμφαλός.
The beginning of nourishment of breath: nose, mouth, bronchus, lung, and other perspiration; beginning of nourishment both wet and dry: mouth, esophagus, stomach; but the more ancient nourishment is through the abdomen, where the navel is.
§3131.
31.
Ῥίζωσις φλεβῶν ἧπαρ, ῥίζωσις ἀρτηριῶν καρδίη· ἐκ τουτέων ἀποπλανᾶται ἐς πάντα αἷμα καὶ πνεῦμα, καὶ θερμασίη διὰ τούτων φοιτᾷ.
Rooting of veins is the liver, rooting of arteries is the heart; from these, blood and breath wander to all parts, and heat passes through them.
§3232.
32.
Δύναμις μίη καὶ οὐ μίη, ᾗ πάντα ταῦτα καὶ τὰ ἑτεροῖα διοικέεται, ἡ μὲν ἐς ζωὴν ὅλου καὶ μέρεος, ἡ δὲ ἐς αἴσθησιν ὅλου καὶ μέρεος.
One power and not one, by which all these things and other things are governed; the one for the life of the whole and of part, the other for the sensation of the whole and of part.
§3333.
33.
Γάλα τροφὴ, οἷσι γάλα τροφὴ κατὰ φύσιν, ἄλλοισι δὲ οὐχὶ, ἄλλοισι δὲ οἶνος τροφὴ, καὶ ἄλλοισιν οὐχὶ, καὶ σάρκες καὶ ἄλλαι ἰδέαι τροφῆς πολλαὶ, καὶ κατὰ χώρην καὶ ἐθισμόν.
Milk is food for those for whom milk is food by nature, but not for others; for others, wine is food, but not for others; and meat, and many other forms of food, both according to region and habit.