σκληρὸν ἐὸν καὶ μέγα καὶ ἄπεπτον καὶ ἐπώδυνον, καὶ ἀπόσχασις
βραχίονος, λίνου σπόρῳ καταπλάσσειν πεφρυγμένῳ· οἴνῳ
λευκῷ καὶ ἐλαίῳ δεύοντα ἐπιδεῖν μὴ θερμὸν μηδ᾿ ἑφθὸν ἄγαν, ἢ ξὺν
μελικρήτῳ ἑψεῖν ἄλευρον τήλιος, ἢ κριθῶν, ἢ πυρῶν.
De morbis popularibus. Hippocrates. ed. Émile Littré. Paris. 1840.
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