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breeding. It is of admirable Service in ail 
Loofenefles, Flaxes of the Belly, and im- 
moderate Evacuations by Stool, becaufe it 
cleanfes and ftrengthens the Bowels, draws 
up their mufcular Fibres, and contracts 
their relaxed weeping Glands its Plenty 
of Tartar breaks and feparates that Mucus 
which fills up or ftraitens the Mouths of the 
lacteal Veflels, and caufes a Lientery, or 
difcharge by Stool of the Chyle like Milk, 
together with the Faces. It not only fcours 
off the Slime from the Infides of the Ladte- 
als, which occafions a Toughnefs of the 
Chyle, but gently ftimulates and invigorates 
thefe Veflels, and increafes their Adlion and 
Force, fo as to attenuate and prepare the 
Chyle much better before it be poured into 
and mixed with the Blood. Being pungent 
and tart, it both fcours and contradts the dila- 
ted Glands of the Throat and Trachea, and is 
therefore nfeful in Rheums and Catarrhs. It 
is a proper Drink for fuch as are troubled with 
White Swellings j and where the Bread: is 
fluffed with thick Phlegm, and the Veflels 
inadl'iv.e or weak, it ferves well to pump it up. 
Its Spirits being in tangled by a vifcous Phlegm, 
and its Tartar plentiful and folid, it cleanfes 
the Kidneys, Ureters, and Bladder, of Sand, . 
flnall Stones, Slime,, and all gravelly Mat- 
ter, 
