for*" g rM u R h ^ ; t> o r f #
pathum •acutumi rX^guntajn-J'age, and Water-Trefoil, and
.thefe- tall.'affordan gky-1*; and acid Spirit, .and* a fixt alealious
(Salt, buttheSal-tAmthegr^^^
Oyljr,and then the. Spirit; heneq it is; that thefCHerbs, by
their faline and oily Particl^ attenuating the Serial of the
Bloody .coagulated-by its -Acids,, jisefto re it to its due ;GitCU-
lation, and aredgp that reafan fQf ;grga;t , pip .in; «Aa^j(c$j&-
butic Cafes« TheiAefids-are the Creffes, Afarwq^
grafi,, and Radijbes,-t and-dp all of-thent afford Qyfl§, and
volatile alcallous Salts* wherefore >f0rRijhe Reafon&jjagfqre
alledg’d they may properly be fll|ed Anti-fcprbutlc& ; phe
hJitrous are.the Aparine^
thefe all yield a volatile, n itC f^ .eflejltial ^a% jaa]4naty:)be
feen in the freezing o f their depur a ted; -peaces?-;, • andfhenee
it is that by tempering and diluting tfie | bjliobs .Particles
in the Blood, they- a'lky thdfe^cOihutierhe^tSj and are P f
great ufe in violent Bleedingj -I&ffticplarly « QroimdJR§^
which by its faline Parlielesy h&t pldjid^irfeg ^nd; quits the
Breaft from an oppreflive Phkgm, but ;likqsjfi% by its Bal-
famics, confoli dates., ,; Bglfaiiii^|p. all .of them aflprd tere-
binthinate Oyfe, and the chief amongft thefe
wort, Herb Robert,
generally; Anti-fcorbutics,. apd T g&gj@|being; t r e a t e d / b e fore,
I fhall not enlarge farther g on that. Head. g jGardiacs
are either mild Acids that temper too volatile.1^ BiieJfvyhich
continually irritates the Spirits!,; ^ i n ^ y ^ l ^ffl^^jand
o f this fort are Woofflfprrel, BerMrrbsi: Rasberries ,.Mxf the
lik e: or thole that, yield ;yol%til;0 Aromati^ Qyl^- and fb
difentangle the Spirits* ftrugling in a.Vifcid rand o f
this fort are Butter-bur, Angelico, EringOj - fa in t, and the
like, Antiftrumatks are . \ ifer'k :$p}e£t>
/linking Gladdon, and T>ropy/ort, and no, doubt but they
effedl their Ends by terebinthinate Particles, lince moft of
them emit Effluvia o f that Nature* which doubtlefs cor*
reft the Acid, that make the-Gland fcrophulous, by coagulating
the Lpmpha, as may be obfery’d in fcrophulous
Glands,
’ Glands, Anti-hydropics, as Alteratives, are in the Ciafs of
Anti-icofbutics. ; Stomachics for the moft part being Bit
• ters; I fi^ ll not enlarge-further on them. Anticterics
confift of volatile acrid Particles, which attenuate affoeculent
Bile, and the chief of thefe are Celandine, Ribw ort and
Madder. Pedorals are Maiden-lairs, Ferns, and Bitters
the two fifft are Nitrous. * Opiates and T a re g o ric s^ the
white and red Tepptes, arid Cow/Iips, hiIt how thefe bridle
the-impetuous Tumults, of the Spirits fhall be accounted
for m its proper place. Lf /
, I f S ScMiJleto«A n tepileptii^and I anf apt to think
that it is by a Mucilage,, .whicfrcohtams 1 volatile' aKaU*
ous Salt>that tlley are ° f ufi in that Cafe, ) by the
itmateHeat o f the Stomach and Bowels the
imiesirom the Mucilage, ii*V&W imntet&tMjfhJ,
b‘bJl oytbe--E.m-emmesof the Nerves; and hence they
tecdmerf ufe m Conyuliive Cafes ; whereas othe. volatile'
.S a ilsm fjlent-before they can reafch’fhciNdrdijul Reilrih
1 thc” ^ o f;o f - « M cil8^ o 4 si6 t' a u f t c ^
fafte, .as - C o m f t y , H o r f e - t a , / , Sloes,: &e.h lih jv ife .b y
iheathing the Acid,which makes* DifrtqJiioa bf fh eV b life
and the other by auftOreiyitfiolic Parrictesf1 purfumg then!
Up, no doubt1, effe<ft-their'findsM^ .r ; 'ffltkik
„ , S 1e S ^ ’“ S i3 Plants. f e p la tn , Fo'n'fiaibmetimeibi
fili^ eofrodm ^ riin on ions articles, &ch hiftehef id d
,CeftKthf SfotMch*a”d^ « « a ith e ,.B ^ « ;hi
an<l the« Prtduce
U W MDi® a i°b o f tho^fo^turesHKt
9 S p7 ^ » d with th#e Herbs:
ccmtHm hyenale, &c: Some p^fonons Planri-dwi of. i
wh chhv f"’-3 110 d0Ubt coatai,,a M i Saif,
which by fixing its points upon the FibrilU of the Brain
nttMhy and by that means hinders a Separation o f the
c animal