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CHAP. X. 
Of the ill or bad Effects of T E A. 
A S was faid before, take we Tea in a 
dietetic View, it feems in the gene- 
ral (if drank moderately) not only harm- 
lefs, but very ufeful : But view it in a me- 
dicinal Light, there is fcarce any Diftemper 
for which Nature provides us not with in- 
finitely better and furer Help from other 
Vegetables. However, even in Diet, daily 
Obfervation fatisfies us, that T ea has its In- 
conveniencies and Mifchiefs that follow its 
habitual Ufe ; whereof I fhall juft mention 
a few. Such as have very fenfible and 
fpringy Nerves, after a fhorter or longer 
Ufe of Tea , in greater or lefler Quantity, 
ftronger or weaker, have often a Tremor or 
Shaking. Here Tea occafions Impediments 
in the Circulation of Humours, and pro- 
duces fundry Defedts ; Bohea Tea efpecially, 
from the little remaining dry peculiar efi- 
fential Juice, as well as Oil and Earth, which 
throw all the Nerves into thofe convulfive 
Vibrations. In (harp watery Diftillations on 
the Wind-pipe or Lungs, caufing frequent, 
laborious. 
