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thargy, come either from a lax Fibre and 
lluggifh Blood, or by too great Freedom 
with unripe Fruits, mealy Foods, Negledt 
of necefiary Motion, or a great Wafte of 
the thinner Parts of the Blood, or want of 
good Blood, or Bile ; or a Retention of the 
thick Parts of the Blood and Humours, or 
their cleaving to the Infides of the weak 
and lax Veffels . — Green "Tea is no bad Tip- 
ple in the above Difeafes, viz. Lethargies, 
Apoplexies, Head-achs, &c . from the flick- 
ing of the thicker Parts of the grumous 
Blood to the Infides of the Vefiels ; for 
fhould thefe Parts flick long to the Vefiels, 
they might produce polypous Concretions, 
either in the Head, Heart, or great Arteries . 
for Tea dilfolves thefe grumous Adhefions, 
hinder their Concretions, cleanfes the Vef- 
fels, encreafes their Force and Action, and 
reftores a due Commixture of the different 
Parts of the Blood ; but Exercife muft ne- 
ceflarily attend the ufe of this Diet. 
I would alfo recommend it in inflamma- 
tory Thickneflfes of the Blood, difcoverable 
by a fharp, conftant Feverifhnefs, an obfti- 
nate great inflammatory Pain of the Head, 
with 
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