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or mixed with Stomachicks , fo they ought to warm 
the Stomach if cold. They are hot in the JirJl and 
fecond degrees , and for the moft part of a fat or 
glutinous Subftance, yet /pint nous withall ; of this 
kind arc Meats made of Wheat flower, as thick 
Milk , HaJIy Pudding , alfo Parfneps, Turneps, Po- 
tatoes, &C. and a Liquor called Punch, thus made. 
Take choice Brandy, fair Water, of each a Quart, 
Lime Juice, a Pint, or three quarters of a Pint, 
double refined Sugar, a Pound ; mix and diflblve : 
Of which the Confumptive may drink half a Pint 
at a time , in the Morning -, juft before Dinner ; 
at jour in the Afternoon ; and at Bed-time. To 
thcfe things you may add Milk-meats , Cheef e-cakes, 
Cuftards, Oifters, 8tc. 
V. 3. GALACTOGENETICKS. 
Thcfe are things which breed Milk in Nurfes. This 
is done partly by Meats, and partly by Medicine. 
For Food it is Juch as is Euchymick, and Polytro- 
phick, of good Juice, and of much Nourijhment , a 
little hotter and drier than the Blood, if it is chilly 
and pituitous but more moift, and left hot, if af- 
f cited with Qholer. Medicaments breeding Milk, 
are hot and of thin parts , and of affinity to thofe 
things which gently provoke Urine. But fuch things 
as arejlrong, and provoke the Courfcs, hinder its 
Generation by too much eliquation of the humours. 
Things alfo too cold, thickning , dtgefting , or dry- 
ing, do the fame. 
1. Juices. 
2. lnfulions. 
3. DecoCtions. 
4. Syrups. 
5. Pouders. 
6 . EleGuaries. 
7. Lozenges. 
8. Pills. 
q. Troches, 
to. Salts Eflential. 
I. J U I C E S. 1. They are to be prefjed 
out of Herbs, when they are young and tender , 
or rather, when they are jufl come to their flow- 
ering, becauje then the Juice is in its grealeft 
Vigour , and gathered withall in a fair and dry 
Seafon. 2. They are made by beating the Roots , 
Herbs and Flowers , in a Stone or Iron Mortar, 
with a Wooden Pejl/e, and expreffing the Juice 
with a Prefs. 3. They are either Liquid or In- 
fpifate. 4. The Liquid are either from hot 
Herbs, and fuch as are volatil or from cold : 
If from hot Herbs, they are to fettle 6 , 8, or 10 
Hours, then to be decanted from their fcttlings, 
and put into a Glafs or Bottle, putting Oil Olive 
upon them 1 or g Inches thick, to preferve them. 
7. If cold Herbs, after fettling, the dear is to 
be decanted , and clarified by boiling and ficum- 
ming, or with Whites of Eggs, and then Bottled, 
with Oil put over the fame. 6 . Infpiffate Juices, 
are never made from hot , dry , and volatil 
Plants, but from fuch as have a more glutinous 
or clammy Juice, fuch as Acacia, Aloes, Cam- 
bogium, Catechu, Comfrey, Elaterium, Liquo- 
rice, Meconium, Opium, Scammony, Sloes, &c. 
Vi. 4. SPERMATOGENETICKS. 
Thefe are things generating Sperm or Seed. They 
are hot, and not very dry, but flatulent and fpiri- 
tuous, and breed of the pureft and mofi fpirituous 
parts of the Blood ; and therefore all fuch things 
as encreafe a firong and good Chylus, and from 
thence much and good Blood, encreafe the quantity 
of Seed. It is alfo ftimulated by things hot, volatil, 
thin of fubftance, penetrating and Jharp ; and kin- 
dred by things cold, inflptd, non-nutritive , and 
difeutient. 
VII. 7. ALEXIPHARMICKS, w.Anti- 
dotes. Thefe are Medicaments adding Vigour to 
the Vital and Animal Spirits, to refiji and overcome 
Poifon, and are antipathetical to it. They are hot 
and dry in the fecond, third and fourth degrees , 
fubtil and volatil, confortative to the Stomach and 
Heart, and homogene with the Spirits , enlivening 
the Human Body. They I. Strengthen Nature, 
that it mat be the more able to encounter the Foi- 
fon. 2. They oppofe the Poifon, juft by its oppofite 
Quality. 3. By their potency, volatility and exput- 
five force, they violently expel it. Vomits, Cathar- 
ticks and Sudorific ks , immediately lifted, and in this 
order , are good expedients. If in the Stomach, 
Vomiting. In the Entrails , Purging ; but if in the 
Spirits, (as in the Plague ) Sweating. 
CHAP. VIII. 
Of Preparations Galenick 
Internal. 
II. I N F U S I O N S. 1. They are made 
from fuch Plants, Roots, Barks, Leaves, Flowers, 
Seeds, which ere of hot, dry , and volatil Parts, 
and of fuch a Subftance, as being rare, eafily yield 
their TinSure. 2. They are very rarely or never 
made of cold Herbs and Plants, Juch as are of a 
thick Subftance, and it may be Refmous withall. 
3. If their Subftance is thin and rare, a cold In- 
fufion , or DigeJion, (if in Summer-time ) may do. 
4. But if of a more compaSjohd or tenacious Sub- 
ftance, after being reduced into a grofs Pouder, 
they are to be digefted in a warm Oven , or in a 
Sand heat for fome days, Jhaking the Bottle once 
or twice a Day ; then being fettled, the clear is 
to be decanted, and kept clofe Jlopt for ufe. 
7. The Infufion may be made in Water, Wine, 
or Vinegar, according to the Defign and Intention 
of the Phyfician : If in Simple Water, it is then 
called by the bare Name of an Infufion : If in 
Wine , it is called a Medicated Wine : If in 
Wine Vinegar, a Medicated Vinegar. 
III. DECOCTIONS. 1. They are 
never made of hot , dry, fubtil, fpirituous and 
volatil Parts, becaufc, in boiling , all thofe fine 
Particles would be loft. 2. Or if they are de- 
coded, it ought to be always in an Alembick , 
with a Receiver luted to it, to receive its fpiri- 
tuous and volatil Parts-, that when the Deco Sion 
is made and clarified, they may afterwards be 
mixed therewith. 3. The Boding is half an 
Hour , an Hour , or two, more or lefts, according 
to the craffitude of the Body ; as they may be either 
Herbs, Roots, Barks, Woods , See. 4. It is made 
either in Water, Broth, Wine, or Vinegar , accord- 
ing to the Intention and Defign ; but for the 
moft part in Water. 5. It is a Medicament for 
prefent ufe, and therefore there needs no Di- 
reSions for its keeping or prefervation. 
A uthors have made a great number of them, 
we have reduced them to the. following ten 
Heads. 
IV. SYRUPS and J U L E P S. They 
are made , 1. Of Infufions. 2. Of DecoUions.. 
3 . Of Juices , of Herbs , Plants, Flowers, Seeds , &c. 
2. Thofe 
