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and Parchednefs of the exhaufted and weak- 
ened Veflels. And fiich a Liquor is this 
weak Punch, made pretty acid. This an- 
fwers the fecond Intention, which was the 
Prevention of the Blood’s too great Fluidity, 
or its Arrival at fuch a State as I juft now 
mentioned. 
If Punch be drunk very acid, it checks 
the Overflowing of the Gall, and the Re- 
dundancy of Alkali and Acrimony, and oily 
Sharpnefs, and therefore fhould be proper 
in a Jaundice , but that the Veflels of the 
Liver are hereby ftimulated and contracted, 
and the Contraction of the hepatic Veflels 
is the Caufe of the Diftemper ; and there- 
fore whatever corrugates them more, muft 
exafperate and not remedy the Difeafe, ex- 
cept made with Sugar and Lemon, which 
are a Soap. 
It is a great Friend to a palled and relaxed 
Stomach ; it thins and carries off its Slime 
and Mucus , fweetly ftimulates and reftores 
the decayed Tone of its Fibres ; it cures 
flunking, bitter, and nidrous Belchings and 
Vomitings, which always proceed either from 
an alkaline or oily Acrimony. It helps In- 
digeftion and want of Appetite, by ftimu- 
lating and Applying, with nervous Spirits, 
the 
