De Medicina |
Translator: Walter George Spencer
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Aliena uero stomacho sunt omnia tepida , omnia salsa , omnia iurulenta , omnia praedulcia , omnia pinguia , sorbitio , panis fermentatus , itemque uel ex milio uel ex hordeo , radices holerum , et quodcumque holus ex oleo garoue estur , mel , mulsum , defrutum , passum , lac , omnis caseus , uua recens , ficus et uirides et aridae , legumina omnia , quaeque inflare consuerunt ; item thymum , nepeta , satureia , hysopum , nasturcium , lapatium , lapsanum , iuglandes . Ex his autem intellegi potest non , quicquid boni suci est , protinus stomacho conuenire , neque , quicquid stomacho conuenit , protinus boni suci esse .
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25 But on the other hand materials alien to the stomach are: all things tepid, all things salted, all things stewed, all things over-sweetened, all things fatty, broth, leavened bread, and likewise that made from either millet or barley, pot-herb roots, and pot-herbs eaten with oil or fish sauce, honey, mead, must boiled down, raisin wine, milk, cheese of all kinds, fresh grapes, figs both green and dry, pulse of all sorts, and whatever causes flatulence; likewise thyme, catmint, savory, hyssop, cress, sorrel, charlock, walnuts. But it can be understood from the above that what has good juice does not necessarily agree with the stomach, and that whatever agrees with the stomach has not necessarily good juice. |
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Inflant autem omnia fere legumina , omnia pinguia , omnia dulcia , omnia iurulenta , mustum , atque etiam id uinum , cui nihil adhuc aetatis accessit ; ex holeribus alium , cepa , brassica , omnesque radices , excepto sisere et pastinaca ; bulbi , ficus etiam aridae sed magis uirides , uuae recentes , nuces omnes , exceptis nucleis pineis , lac , omnisque caseus ; quicquid deinde subcrudum aliquis adsumpsit . Minima inflatio fit ex uenatione , aucupio , piscibus , pomis , oleis , conchyliisue , ouis uel mollibus uel sorbilibus , uino uetere . Feniculum uero et anetum inflationes etiam leuant .
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26 Now flatulence is produced by: almost all food which is leguminous, fatty, sweet, everything stewed, must, and also that wine was has not as yet matured; among pot-herbs, garlic, onion, cabbage, and all roots except skirret and parsnip; bulbs, figs even when dried but especially when green, fresh grapes, all nuts except pine kernels, milk, cheese of all kinds; lastly anything eaten half-cooked. The least flatulence comes from what is got by hunting and birding, from fish, orchard fruit, olives, or shellfish, from eggs whether cooked soft or raw, from old wine. Fennel and anise in particular even relieve flatulence. |
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At calfaciunt piper , sal , caro omnis iurulenta , alium , cepa , ficus aridae , salsamentum , uinum , et quo meracius est , eo magis . Refrigerant holera , quorum crudi caules adsumuntur , ut intubus et lactuca , et item coriandrum , cucumis , elixa cucurbita , beta , mora , cerasia , mala austera , pira fragilia , caro elixa , praecipueque acetum , siue cibus ex eo siue potio adsumitur .
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27 Again the heating foods are: pepper, salt, all stewed meat, garlic, onion, dried figs, pickled fish, wine, and the stronger this is, the more heating it is. Cooling foods are: pot-herbs the stalks of which are eaten uncooked, such as endive and lettuce, and also coriander, cucumber, cooked gourds, beet, mulberries, cherries, sour apples, mealy pears, boiled meat, and in particular vinegar, whether taken with food or as a drink. |
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Facile autem intus corrumpuntur panis fermentatus , et quisquis alius quam ex tritico est , lac , mel ; ideoque etiam lactentia atque omne pistorium opus , teneri pisces , ostrea , holera , caseus et recens et uetus , crassa uel tenera caro , uinum dulce , mulsum , defrutum , passum ; quicquid deinde uel iurulentum est uel nimis dulce uel nimis tenue . At minime intus uitiantur panis sine fermento , aues et eae potius duriores , duri pisces : neque solum aurata tuta aut sparus sed etiam lolligo , lucusta , polypus ; item bubula omnisque dura caro ; eademque aptior est , si macra , si salsa est ; omniaque salsamenta , cocleae , murices , purpurae ; uinum austerum uel resinatum .
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28 Foods that readily decompose inside are: leavened bread, and any sort other than that made of wheat, flour, milk, honey, and therefore also all things made with milk and all pastry, soft fish, oysters, vegetables, cheese both new and old, meat fat or tender, sweet wine, mead, must boiled down, raisin wine; finally everything stewed or over-sweetened or over-thin. But the following decompose the least within: unleavened bread, birds, especially those with harder flesh, hard fish, not only for instance the gilthead or the sea bream, but also the squid, lobster and octopus; likewise beef and hard meat of all kinds; and the same is better if lean or salted; all pickled fish, snails, the shellfish, murex purpura; and wine which is harsh or resinated. |