A L 
( 202 ) A L 
Hours after, if it do not 
work. Bitter Almonds are 
hot and dry ; they attenu- 
ate, open and cleanfe; they 
are Diuretick , they open 
the Obftru&ions of the Li- 
ver, Spleen, Mefentary and 
Womb. Outwardly ufed 
they takeoff Freckles. The 
Oyl of Bitter Almonds is 
more agreeable to tbeEars, 
than any other Oyl. The 
If<?//4«jeatAlmondswhole, 
before the Stones are hard, 
for Second Courfe j and 
they tafte very pleafently, 
and are very agreeable to 
the Stomach. They grow 
in Germany , Italy , and 
France. 
,and yet the Subftance of it 
is compad. Being handled 
in the Sun,or near the Fire, 
it grows foft ; and when it 
is gold it breaks eafily : 
Which are the Signs of the 
beft Aloes. The Hepatick 
is fo called, it being like 
the Liver in Colour and 
Confiftence. ’Tis not fo 
pure as the former,it is not 
tranfparent,it fmellsftrong- 
er, and taftes more bitter, 
and is more aftringenr. 
The CabaUina is more im- 
pure, fandy and filthy ; 
and fit only for Horfes. 
Aloes , befides it Purga- 
tive Virtue, is hot and dry- 
ing, and opens Obftru&i- 
ZllOC& y in Latin Aloe.' ons : It purges Choler and 
There are three forts of ir, Flegm. Aloes, contrary al- 
Succotrine, Hepatick, 
and Cabal! ine. Succotrine 
is fo called, from the Ifland 
Succotra in India. This 
fort is the beft of aii $ *tis 
clear and tranfparent, and 
colour’d fomewhat like the 
Liver. It has an Aroma- 
tick Smell, like Myrrh ; 
uponwhich Account is was 
formerly mix’d with Per- rhages muft not ufe it. 
fames. It has a bitter ^ Bartholinus mentions an 
an Aromotick, and an a- Obfervation of one that 
ftringent Tafte. 'Tis light, tender’d a Bloody Urine, 
by 
moft to all other Purging 
Medicines, ftrengthens the 
Stomach. But it is to be 
noted, That the frequent 
ufe of Aloes opens the Ha- 
morrhoidal Veins ; and,to 
be fure, it has a Faculty of 
opening the Orifices of the 
Veins: Wherefore thofe 
that are fubjetft to Hasmor- 
