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Orangeat or Orangeade. It is prefcribed to X]- or 
§ij . diluted in the Form of a Draught. 
The Peel ftrengthens the Stomach, helps Di- 
geftion, divides and attenuates thick and tenacious 
Humours, difcufies Wind, affwages colick Pains, 
provokes the Menfes and Lochia , and kills Worms. 
It is accounted by fome a Specifick in an Ifchury 
and Dyfury. It is given from 9j. to ^j. in Powder. 
The effential Oil, which is obtained from it either 
by Diftiliation or gentle Expreflion, is given in the 
fame Diforders, in the Form of an Elaofaccharum , 
from gutt. ij. to iij. This Peel is likewife ufed in 
Tindture, and candied with Sugar, and a Syrup is 
prepared from it in the Shops. 
A r t i c. VIII. Of /^Pomegranate. 
Granatum five Punicum Malum , Off. The Pome- 
granate is a Fruit almoft globular, but here and 
there fomewhat compreffed, of different Magni- 
tudes, commonly about the Bignefs of a large Ap- 
ple, with a Crown on its upper Part. The Bark 
is moderately thick, and, as it were, coriaceous, 
yet hardifh and brittle •, before the Fruit is ripe 
green and fmooth, afterwards of a fcarlet Colour 
and rough, and at length changing brownifh with- 
in fomething yellow, of an aftringent Tafte, con- 
taining a great Number of Acini y as they are call- 
ed, difpofed into diftindt Cells, which in fome are 
of an intenfe red Colour, in others purple, and 
full of a fweet, acid, or vinous Juice. Each of 
thefe Acini ufualiy includes a fingle oblong Seed 
or Grain, like a Grape-Stone, confuting of a woody 
Bark, and a bitter aftringent Kernel. 
The Tree is called Malus Punic a fativa , C. B. P. 
438. Punic a qua Malum Granatum fert , Ccefalpin . 
1 41. J. R. IT. 636. Malus Punic a, I. B. 1. 76. Raii 
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