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The berries are fpicy and flomachic, and are much 

 efteemed in medicine as powerful attenuants, 

 diuretics, and carminatives. They difTjlve vifcid 

 humours in the firft pafTages, are very beneficial 

 in flatulencies, and in gravelly and nephritic 

 complaints. 



Ic may be given in the form of a rob, or the eflen- 

 tial oil, or the infufion by way of tea. 



The berries chew'd, or the efft-ntial oil taken only 

 in a few drops, give uie uiint- the fame fweet 

 violet fcent which it has after taking turpentine. 



A diftill'd fpirituous water of juniper-berries was 

 uled to be kept in the (hops, but the vulgar 

 efteeming it a plealant dram, the making of it 

 became the bufinefs of the diftiller, who fold it 

 under the name of Geneva : 



** The true geneva, or gin, is a malt-fpirit, diftill'd ^^ 

 *' a fecond time, with the addition of juniper- . 

 *' berries. Originally the berries were added to 

 " the malt in the grinding, fo that the fpirit 

 ** thus obtained was flavoured with the berries 

 ** from firft, and exceeded all that could be 

 " made by any other method. But at prefcnt 

 "they leave out the berries entirely, and give 

 " their fpirits a flavour by diftilling them with a 

 *' proper quantity of oil of turpentine ; which, 

 " tho' it nearly refembles the flavour of juniper- 

 ^ berries, has none of their valuable virtues." 



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