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and it very agreeable to 
the Body. 
Tis a 
concreted Juice, of a yel- 
low Colour ; and if it be 
moiften’d with Spittle, it 
becomes more yellow. 
What Plant it comes from 
is uncertain ; but it is a 
great Commodity in the 
Eaft-Jndics. Take of Gum- 
Gotta eight Grains, of Con- 
serve of Rofes three Drams, 
of Oyl ofMace one Drop : 
Or, Take of Gum-Gotta 
fix Grains, diffolve it in a 
Sufficient quantity of frefh 
Broth. It purges Watery 
Humours. 
’Tis a Juice 
of an Indian Tree, called 
Malus Indica Lufitanis’Tis 
not certainly known how 
it is- made j for, what Gar- 
cias fays, of its being made 
by winged Ants, as Bees 
make Hony, docs not feem 
probable ; but it rather 
Sweats out of the very 
Tree, or from the Branch- 
es of it, at fet Times, and 
grows to the Form we fee 
ic with the Heat of the 
Sun. The' belt comes from 
ffegu and 'Martaban Tis 
Twofold 5 namely, Setd- 
lac , or SbtlJac : ’Tis alfo 
Factitious. It attenuates, 
and opens, and purifies the 
Blood, and provokesSweat, 
and is Diuretick.’Tis chief* 
ly ufed in Obftrudtions of 
the Liver, Spleen, andGall- 
Bladder. ’Tis good in a 
Dropfie, for the Jaundice, 
an Afthma, and Impoft- 
humes of the Lungs ; to 
expel Malignity , and to 
force the Courfes. The 
Species called Dialacca is 
much commended by moft 
Phyiiciarrs, and is made in 
the following manner’: 
Take of Gum-Lac prepa- 
red, and of the Roots of 
Rhaponticum, each three 
Drams; of Schaenanth, J«- 
dian Spikenard, Maitich, 
of the Juice of Wormwood 
and Agrimony thicken’d, 
of the Seed of Sm allage, 
Bifhop’s-weed, Fennel, An- 
rwfc, Savine, Bitter Al r 
monds, Cleands , Myrrh, 
Zedoary , the Roots of 
Madder, Afarabacca , of 
Birth worr Long and 
Round, and of Gentian , 
of Saffron, Cinnamon, dri- 
ed- Hyfop, Woody- CaiTia^ 
and Bdellium, of each -one 
Dram and an half ; of 
t 4 mm 
