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Astringents, both hot and cold, which corroborate the 

 parts, and which confirm and refresh such of them 

 as are loose or languishing. 



ROSEMARY, mint, especially with vinegar, cloves, 

 cinnamon, cardamom, lign-aloes, rose, myrtle, red 

 sanders, cotonea, red wine, chalybeat wine, five-finger 

 grass, plantane, apples of cypress, berberries, fraga, 

 service-berries, cornels, ribes, sour pears, rambesia. 



Astringents styptic, which by their styptic virtue may 

 stay fluxes. 



SLOES, acacia, rind of pomegranates infused, at 

 least three hours, the styptic virtue not coming forth 

 in lesser time. Alum, galls, juice of sallow, syrup of 

 unripe quinces, balaustia, the whites of eggs boiled 

 hard in vinegar. 



Astringents, which by their cold and earthy nature may 

 stay the motion of the humours tending to a flux. 



SEALED earth, sanguis draconis, coral, pearls, the 

 shell of the fish dactylus. 



Astringents, which by the thickness of their substance 

 stuff as it were the thin humours, and thereby stay 

 fluxes. 



RICE, beans, millet, cauls, dry cheese, fresh goats 

 milk. 



