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maketh an Efervefence with Spirit of Salt 3 which Sea-Salt will 
not do, F 
For the Experiment to bë fully adequate to the Query 5 the Tryals 
fhouldbe made,either all on Trees, or all on Herbs; all on Roots,or all 
on Stalks, &c. Yet thus much is evident, That sorrel yields Thrice as 
much as Majoranes Sea-Scurvygraft, Eight and Twenty times as much: 
Mint, Five times as much as Sorrel 5 and Sixteentimes as much Majo- 
rane, Ec. 
Quer. 5. How far the Proportion follows the Faculties of Plants 2 
And fo, it appears, that 
Majoraneza Cephalick , hath a greater Proportion of Volatile Parts, than 
any of the Plants above mentioned, and fo far, is more agreeable to the 
‚Animal Spirits, and Genus Nervofüp: 
Agrimeng, (a) an Aperient, yields above Five timesas much Lixioial (4) overt; 
tyo Salt, as Majorane. Yet much: lefs than many other opening Plants 
reb which are ftronger. 
ame Mugmort.(}5}) yields two Drachms and two Scruples 3 or above half 
as much more as Agrimony. So that this Plant, though it hath no con- 
dak. fiderable Taffe, and in that refpe&t, promifeth but little; yet yielding a 
ure good quantity of Lixivial Salt, {eemsno contemptible Medicine to fub- 
due thofe Acidities which either by caufing Objirnions, or immoderate 
To Fermentations, frequently diforder the Female Sex. 
hes Mint, yieldeth ftill a greater quantity 5 and is therefore, partly for 
¡ the fame caufe fo excellent a Stomachick; And Rofemary,(b)which is ap- 
r% propriated both to the Head and stomach, yieldeth à midle qn Baur, 
of Salt; more than the chief Cephalicks, and lefs than the chief stonzz 
ig © chicks 
t Common Mallow (tt; ) yields 5 Drachms and 2 Scruples. ż e. the 234 
ad part of the whole. So that this Plant, though of a very mild Tafte, 
ay yet yieldsmore Salt than Mint it {elf a Bitter Plant. Whereby it no 
longer feems ftrange, that a Plant of fo foft a Tufte, fhould be very 
E Diretick,, and fo evidently affe& the Reins. 
la Rhubarb ( 2 Ounces) yieldeth Carce any fixed Salt, fo far as can be 
K judged by the Tafte of the Afes, not more than a Grain or two. So 
Jy that its Salt is, in a manner, wholly volatile; and thereby apter to 
ie operate upon the Bilious parts of the Blood ; which contein a far greater 
A proportion of Volatile Salt, than do the Serous. 
$a Of the Caput Mortuum or meer Earth, it is obfervable, that ie 
Was near 3 an Ounce or ¿th part of the wholes Which is almoft Six 
times as much as the Caput Mortuum of Common Dock: and much more 
than that of any other Root I have yet calcin’d. Whereby it feemerh 
probable that Rhwvarb loofeth much of its Volatile Part, and therefore 
of its, Virtue, before it comes to our Shops. 
Sena (161) yields 4 Scuples and 3 of Salt 5 or the 85t part. 
Falap (16) ) yields but one Drachm and 15 Grains, or 1024 part. 
Colocynthis (ib) of the Pulp) yields an Ounce and half of Capus 
Mortmm, which is almoft all Salt. Yet allow half an Ounce of the Salt, 
and Earth to be wafted in filtring &c. theremaining Ounce is no lef 
than 3,0 part of the whole. Which is more than in any of the \ 
above named Plants, except the Sea-Scuraygrafi, 
Qq CHAP. 
