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that it furptifes the Patient j they probably 
have upon that Account obtained "this Name j 
under this Head are ranked all fuch Simples as 
promote the Expullion of Wind. They are 
ot warm light iubtil Particles, and therefore 
are capable of rarefy ingfuch Col!e6lions of Va- 
lours as are lodged in the Bowels, they are 
likewife ufeful in outward Applications, as they 
warm, rarefy and attenuate obilrufted Hu- 
mours, and help to difcufs them ^ theyalfo 
become great Correctors when joined to llrong 
Catharticks. Ot this fort are, CammomiJe^ the 
Seeds of lenne]^ IVild Garret, Carra.-ivaj, Bay 
Berries, Jtmifer Berries, &c. 
Catha-, -ticks, are fuch Plants as ftimulate the 
Inteftines not only to difeharge their Contents, 
but likewife fuch other Humours as in Propor- 
tion to the Strength of the Medicine are render- 
ed more fluid and moveable, and drawn bv it 
from the Glands of the Inteftines. Of the 
milder fort are, Violets, Damafc Rofes, Primes, ' 
&c. Of the rougher. Mountain Plan, Buckikorn- ' 
Berries, Sec. 
_ Cephalicks, ftriftly fo called, are of the fame 
Nature as Cardiacks, for whatever contributes 
to the fupport of the nervous Fluid cannot but 
be beneficial to the Head, which is apparent, 
in that their flragrancy ftrikes the Noftrils, and 
immediately aflects the Head with a grateful 
Senfation. There are another kind of Plants, 
which tho’ they do not give a fudden Supply t 
of Spirits i yet axe very good Q^hdiicks either ; 
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