I N TR~0~d"u C T I O N. 



CHAP. III. 



Of the Firft, Qualities of 

 MEDICINES. 



I. qp //£ Qualities of Medicament! are five-foil 



they Adder Reft ore fame thing -, a// which ^lafities 



II. JheTemperatnents of Medicaments are five 

 fold, conftdered, I. Ai they are perfeSly Tern 

 perate, viz. netther Hot nor Cold, DrynorMoiJi. 



they are Dry. 5. As they are Moiji. In the fur 

 laji of which, there are f aid to be 4 Degrees, re- 

 ceding from their principal, ver. gr. An Herb which 

 is Hot, may be hot in the firft, fecond, third, or 

 fourth Degree of heat. Again, jrom the Jour prime 

 Qualities, thefe alfo proceed, viz. that a Medica- 

 .tnent, i. as it is Hot, may be hot and dry, or hot and 

 moift. 2. As it is Cold, alfo cold and dry, or cold 



no change at all, in refpeS of heat, coldnefs, dry- 



And thefe may be Temperate in fame refpeH. 



tttoiji or dry. 2. As being neither moift nor dry, 

 and yet may be hot or cold. Their Ufe is, where 

 thfre are no apparent ExceJJes of the four other 

 Qualities -, to preferve the Body Temperate, con- 

 fcrvc Strength, and re fore decayed J\ature. 



in refpeO of our Bodi. 

 r thofe Simples are ca. 



Their ijfes are, I. To make the offending Hu- 



[■ To abjte the heat cf^evl'rs. %.^'To"rcfrc'fh''the 



colIialfSt c} I'j""'t"f'" 'Yf^^'y^'^i 

 the'b^d ?'"''''" '" "'^'''^ ^-'^'■"■' '""'y '"'■"' 



^S'e'^S0Incl!'inkufi"el^iiZ^^ . 

 theB^dy if outwardly applycl,"raife B!'i'las,^(or- 



IX. Things cold in the firfi Dci;rce, qualify the 

 eat of the Stomach, and rejrejh the Spirit. Co d 

 1 the fecond Degree, are chiefly of ufe to a\ne \n- 



and keep the Spirits ^from tainting. Cold in the 

 fourth Degree, ftupify the Senfcs, cafe violent 

 ""aim, and are ufed in extrcam Watchings. 



X. Thir.i^ i,y in th firii Decree, St lengthen, 

 n the fecond Degree, Bind. In' the t'-rd Degree, 

 fop Fluxes, andreftcre m Confiim^u,r:s. In th- 

 'ourth Degree, fop Catairhs, and a!! Ir luxes of 

 3lcod and Humours ; are highly Stiptick, aid diy 

 <p afuper-abundancy ofmoifture. 



XL Things moiji in the firft Degree, are oppj- 

 fed to drying in the fame Degree : They iiuijlen 

 the Body, and Parts dryed. In the f-c^d decree, 

 hey LeniJ), loofen the Belly, and make flippery. 



he Wind-pipe. In )he j urtf degree, ^src) cure a 

 onftipation of the Bonds. 



XII. Thus Meduines alter r.c.crdir,; to their 



td Cold ; and by them DifcafcTare fiid to be era- 

 aicated. The Fa/five ire drynefs and moifture, and 

 theyarcf:,bfervicntto\jtu,e. 



