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Show 252 Of [/12 MATERIA MEDICAI' Of tbeMATERIA MEDICA.‘ and carries ferous Humours downward without working roughly. It is judged to be very ulelul in the Droply and the Cachexy, but lhould not be given to l'erfons of hot Confiitntions. From gr. Xij. to Bj. is a {Llheient Dole though tome give from that to a Dram. it is fafell given with i no Subltanccs, as lorlnllance, add SIS. of vitriolgzm Tartar or Cream of Tartar to gr. xv. ofthe Root. '1 he Rofln offing; is not om}! nnneceflhry but has often proved dangerogg, IPECACUANHA. There are three Sorts, butitlic grey or afh. coloured is belt. This Root is brought from Brnfl/and Peru, J: j; creel-zed and rough, with anniiiai-Wriizklen and is about rheThicl'nels of a Gooie-qtlill. it is derile. hard, brittle. 1nd rofirious, nith a Strinrr or Nerve, which runs along the very Mid l7 of the Root. The Trig is i'ubacrid and bitterilh with but little Smell. It works unwards and downwards, and is not only an exerllent Remedy againft ihe Dvl'en- tery and obl'tinare Fluxes of the Belly, but many Dil‘eal‘es arifimi‘iom Qbftruétions. It is hell given in Subilance reduced into i :wder, from Sis. to 3(3. But fojl'fl} lays from gr. vi. to gr. x. is {uflieienm and he zillirms that gr. X. Will operate as brii‘l;ly as 8i}. In Dr/mm'z'ri, when the Patient has been well cleanfed, it will be proper to (rive a few Grains of this Root every Day. {0 as not to vomit or purge, \S'hlch will confirm the Cure. lRIS FLORENTINA, F/aredfne Orris. The Fla-wart areliliaceous and monopetulous, divided into lix Parts, whereof three turn down wards and three upiv'1rds. C-utwardly they are of an Alli-colour, but within of a Violet or purglilh Color, with iiiill-ty Veins. The FEW rites from the Bottom oi‘t'ne Flower, and is furniflred with three Petals turned downwards of the fame (Lolour. fl he ('n/jx is charmed intoa cylindriloi'm Fruit, divided into three Cells full of oblonu Seeéils The float attenuates and inezdes grow: llhlegm in the l tings andpromotes Ex peclomtion; whence it is good in Coughs, Shortnei's of Breath, and Althnias. The Da/e is from 3i to 3j A Grain or two may be given to ""1de QlPrefied Wltll IVIZMZIJ'. Seine mix it with Err/m2; anti‘Ll'rovokers of spittie. jUi\ lllnRDS, the ‘72:,‘772‘1'7‘fi‘7fl'. Sonie divide this Tree into Ilia/e and Prim/c, the former of which bears Cathins of a :turoliih Colour mixt With yellow, and Veficles three Tirrzes lefs rhnn‘lioi‘py-{eedg titliof a yellow l'owder which {err/es to ftxcundzite the Fenizile. The Brrrfz‘f are diuretic, csrmina‘tive, refolvent. heating, ard itr-enothenint'; and they egrreét a mueid, catarrhal, cold and eacliic'lic Intimawja in all Parts of the Body. They are proper for the oedernatous, dropficztl, Obllruc- tions of the Glands, and Suppreffion of the ivi‘enles. They help Dl‘ gefiion, cleanle the Kidneys and i. der, and (ire ufeful in the mu"? liut when there is any Tendency to an inflammation of the Stomach. Intellmes or Kidneys, they are highly pi'lehilCiIll The 00/5 i5 {mm 313. to 3]- Some eat a l'ugil in a Day ;. others roslt theiri and U1"? them as Cofee. They are very proper to refolve vilcid Phltgm, Whld‘ Hulls the Glands of the Lungs, and to promote Expeétoraiioni) Ii. LAVENDULA, Lavmdrr. On the Top of the Stalks of this Herb, there are labiated monopetalous bluilh Flowers in Spikes. The uoper Lgés'm is bihuous, the lower tripartite. from the obo." (,‘rilyx ai'il'es the l‘iliil, which is fixed like 21 Nail in the liztck Part of the l‘ioner, zit- teiided with four liinhl‘yoes \Vlllkll turn into four Seeds in rt (Lap/rub, WlllCll was the Calyx ot‘ the Flown: The Hum-r :tre teplialic, uteiine. nervme, rei‘olving, and tin. gthening. '1 hey are given in an Mom of tire hints, a trump, l ethargy, rl'i'ernbling, Vertigo, Pally, cold 'i‘ minors, and .i ierous rlpoplexy. 71 hey Worm the Stormith, ciitiils Wind. promote Urine and the Morales, open the Liver and Spleen. and 2m: bene- haul in the _(l.i.;nd.ce and Empty '1 hey iiimulntc the .acizixei nervous Fibre» to an Ol3;;l.21t;on, red we th"ir v eel: and relaxed lone, niliblre thick l‘llllliOllt'5, and render them lit for hxpuliion. in ll" rt, Illiy re- medy moi of the Defects of Senle and Motion. 1 re /,‘q/.?v In from iii. to 3i. Sinoaked as Tobacco they are go .d for ihal‘in;T l'ililids. An inimo:€liltelihic of Lavender raiies Loniniotiuns in t‘11C bio , and tillpoles to .i. animations. LAURUJ, the B/J'VJTEE. The Flower is monopetzileus, multifi 'oixs, and ptlritorin. from the Bottom of 'uthl‘t rites :1 l'ii'til which turns i'it'U an oral llruit or Berry, which contains a SLCCl of the lame She; e The f"""‘ii"5l1(‘iVC much the lame Proper its as thnle of' " r, but are pre~ lexi'cd before them in l‘léltlllCVICiCS and the colic. Then print: ' ' 'i attlji'eklent is in Clyl‘ters and ex'ernal [ifp' .: AANI lA ' [217/8 liENllL the Circle Erropralz‘cr. Thefe gently lee! iont cny great: Loriiinotion, or weakening the periitaltic Motion ofthe Stoniath or Intellznes, and carry of}. the divine ‘Eordes and Plenty of Serum from the Glands of the lntetlines. They other operate by a, {weer isline Sti- Inulus, as Mam/.2, C424,}, and Raff/z; ; or by a more fubtle, i‘ulphureous, bitterilli, car by Salt, as {fit/air and [Slut/3.2275,- or by an acid 531: ‘Jii‘iit'll \‘ellicates the Fibres, as Tamarizmr and Gem/1 if Tartar; or by :1 new ital Salt, as Nitra', Borax, Sal Gem, and write/aimTartar ; or by :1 bit- tfil'llh calearious Salt, as that from Bi‘ttmz. called Enemy/22%: ; or, 1' M by 3 Calcurious Earth as A4120 a Alba, which dillbl 'ed by the :‘i tliePrima 1'1}; turns to a lliinulating neutral Salt. "170mm, (rifle, and Raiflm are belt given in D5" Coughs, {pitting of Blood, Pleurily, and Conlumption ; as 21110 Cal-b from a fiz/t, LZ/'i'."</, and flank/2‘: chm/1,35 in. arthritic Lilorders‘. Rlieuniatilms. and cutaneous Foulne..-:, becaule they not only carry oi'i" ‘he fill/inc Sordes, but temperate and correct the feline Acriinony. Tra- mru'uvz'q Crux-m g/‘Tm-mr. the E/flntia/ Sa/tr of nitrous Herbs, 512/ Pa?- 12 J . III, and fliln'atrd Nz'zre agree belt with hot Clinic‘n', lrilious Cor: trilllll ons, and the Heat of Summer, with Dil‘eales from Plenty or" BllC‘ and attended with violent lleat; as in a continual dongle Still‘lii. r tliiirtiijtneilg burying Fever with intollerable Thirlt, becatife they're lrain i‘flle Motion of the {ultihureous Parts of the Blood and bile. ‘7 11} Dllezlfcs that procesd from a Dark] of Ji' Bile and :t . ' i. . ""9"" m the Blood, as in the Car my arid all e; tonic Dieuies, attended. , iti ,n .i. |