xxxi 6©OIN TRODUCTHEION. : 
Anfufions are the fitteft Forms for thofe Herbs — 
whofe Qualities are light, and whofe Virtue is eafily — 
extracted: In this Cafe, hot Water poured upon — 
them takes up enough of their Virtue, and none | 
is. loft in the Operation: Others. require to be — 
boiled inthe Water. From thefe are thus made — 
what we call Decoctions: And as thefe laft would — 
not give their Virtues in Infufion, fo the others — 
would loofe it-all inthe boiling. It would go — 
off with the Vapour. We know very well, that the. 
diftilled Water -of any Herb, is only the Vapour; 4 
- of the boiled Herb caught by proper Veffels, and. — 
_ condenfed to Water: Therefore, whether it; bes-9 
caught or let to fly away, all that Virtue muft be — 
loft in boiling. It is from this, that fome Plants _ 
are fit. for Decottions, and fome for Infufions,. — 
_ There are fome, which if diftilled give no Virtue — 
to the Water, and thefe are: fit Br Decotten, a 
which will retain all their-Virtue, as Biftort, and ; 
Tormentill Roots, and the like. On the contra- 
ry,-an Infufion. of Mint, or Pennyroyal; is of a 
ftrong Tafte, and excellent; Virtue ; whereas,.a 
nefe Herbs, ls difagreeable or good a 
There are Herbs alfo, which have {fo little 
Juice, that it would be impoffible to get it out; 
and others whofe Virtue lies in the Hufks, and Buds, _ 
and this would be Joft.in the Operation. AnIn-) — 
fufion of thefe, is the right Way of giving them. 
Thus Mother of Thyme is a dry little Herb, from _ 
which it would be hard to get any Juice, and when 
gotten, wa itegd ve very little of its Virtues; 
of Mother of Thyme poffeffes it 
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Anfufions are of two Kinds. They are cithes 
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"prepared iniQuantity, to be drank cold; or they 
© sare drank as they are made, in the Manner of Tea. 
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