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laborious, tickling Coughs, or in convulfive 
Coughs, the Ufe of Green Tea is imprudent 
in the general ; for tho* it thins the Hu- 
mours, yet it pricks the Fibres, whereby 
they are irritated and contracted, the Vef- 
fels made narrower, and more fenfible of 
the Blood's Sharpnefs ; hence the Cough is 
encreafed. In Coughs, Shortnefs of Breath, 
and ObftruCtions of the Lungs, from a Si- 
zinefs of the Juices, becaufe of the Blood's 
Lentor, and the Weaknefs and Laxnefs of 
the Veflels, the Ufe of Bohea Tea is wrong 
in general, fince its Property is to fmooth 
and foften the Fibres ; but this Cafe wants 
Cleanfers, Thinners, and Roufers, fuch as 
Green Tea . CacheClic, cacochymic, leuco- 
phlegmatic, dropfical, and phlegmatic Per- 
fons, have little or no Good to expeCt from 
T ta, efpecially Bohea s fuch want Invigora- 
ters, Cleanfers, and Stimulants, which at 
the fame time promote Evacuations. Nor 
is the Ufe of Bohea Tea advifeable in Ob- 
ftrudtions of the Liver, Spleen, Sweetbread, 
&c. in general, for Reafons above. Nor is 
Green Tea , of any Strength, by any means 
fafe, on Recovery from long and continued 
Fevers, which have wafted the Body, and 
shattered 
