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3. From thefe experiments the fedative and relaxing effects 
of Tea appear greatly to depend upon an odorous fragrant 
principle, which abounds moft in green Tea, particularly that 
which is moft highly flavoured*. This feems farther confirmed 
by the practice of the Chinefe, who avoid ufing this plant, till 
it has been kept at leaft twelve months, as they find when 
recent it pofleffes a foporiferous and intoxicating quality, 
(Part I. Secr. IX.) | 
Thus often under trees fupinely laid, 
Whilft men enjoy the pleafure of the fhade, | 
‘Whilft thofe their loving branches feem to fpread 
To fcreen the fun, they noxious atoms fhed, 
From which quick pains arife, and feize the head. 
Near Helicon, and round the learned hill 
Grow Trees, whofe bloffoms with their odour kill’. 
« Two drachms of this odorous water were given to a delicate perfon. He was 
foon after affected with a naufea, ficknefs, general lownefs, and debility, which con- 
tinued for fome hours, which he obferves ufually follows the ufe of fuperfine 
green Tea, Es : Sage : = 
Smelling forcibly at the fame has occafioned fimilar effeéts upon fomeé delicate 
people. Dr Blegny, who wrote in 1680, attributes confiderable virtues to this 
fragrant odour, which he recommends to be breathed into the lungs, where it actsas 
a fedative, according to his own relation, producing fleep, and relieving pains of the 
head. “Agreeable to Counfellor. De Blegny’s experience, I know a lady, frequently 
troubled with a nervous head-ach, who ufed to hold her head over a hot infufion of 
Tea; and thus receive the fragrant exhalation, which always affords her the moft 
- inftantaneousand effectual relief. : 
2 Arboribus primum certis gravis umbra tributa ae 
Ufque adeo, capitis faciant ut feepe dolores, 
Si quis eas fubter jacuit proftratus in herbis. ae 
Ef etiam in magnis Heliconis montibus arbos : 
Floris odore hominem tetro confueta necare. Lucretius, B. 6. 
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