( 7 ° ) 
of the Veffels of our Bodies, and maintain 
the Ballance between the Blood and them, 
to hinder any Accumulation or Stagnation 
in the Veffels ; fo a Diet of Green Tea 
feems very proper during a Reign of epide T 
mic Difeafes. 
A moderate Ufe of Tea of a due Strength, 
feems better adapted to the Fair Sex than 
Men ; for they naturally being of a more 
lax and delicate Make, are more liable to a 
Fulnefs of Blood and Juices ; as alfo be- 
caule they have lefs Exercife or hard La- 
bour, than which nothing braces better, or 
gives the Fibres a greater Springinefs ; and 
becaufe they are lefs accuilomed to drink 
Wine, whofe Aftringency corrugates the 
Fibres, and enables the Veffels to a & with 
greater Briiknefs and Force, fo in fome 
meafure anfwers the End of Labour. And, 
as was hinted above, as to the Seafons of the 
Year, a Diet mufl be ufed at all times; 
but the hot Weather in Summer, with the 
foggy, cloudy, and moift in Winter, being 
Times wherein animal Juices are moft lia- 
ble to a Lentor, and our Bodies to a Ful- 
nefs, from the lax State of the Solids, feem 
as fit as any for Green Tea . As to the 
Stages 
